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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “foodlessnesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
foodlessnesses175576(None) 
footlessnesses1656561footlessnesses
bloodlessnesses1764322bloodlessnesses
bootlessnesses1556452bootlessnesses
foodlessness1644742foodlessne_s_s
formlessnesses1856122formlessnesses
godlessnesses1446582_godlessnesses
rootlessnesses1346602rootlessnesses
wordlessnesses1775872wordlessnesses
boundlessnesses1774923boundlessnesses
cloudlessnesses1764873cloudlessnesses
colorlessnesses1665093colorlessnesses
endlessnesses1356763_endlessnesses
facelessnesses1847323facelessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
flawlessnesses1975453flawlessnesses
foolishnesses1944463foo_lishnesses
footlessness1545613footlessne_s_s
headlessnesses17137063headlessnesses
heedlessnesses17136223heedlessnesses
homelessnesses18137473homelessnesses
hopelessnesses18147013hopelessnesses
hornlessnesses1656273hornlessnesses
joblessnesses2155993_joblessnesses
joylessnesses2255643_joylessnesses
landlessnesses1456683landlessnesses
lovelessnesses1646993lovelessnesses
mindlessnesses1686013mindlessnesses
movelessnesses1846743movelessnesses
needlessnesses14115693needlessnesses
plotlessnesses1556093plotlessnesses
soullessnesses1296503soullessnesses
spotlessnesses1456273spotlessnesses
tonelessnesses13137653tonelessnesses
toplessnesses1446583_toplessnesses
worklessnesses20125483worklessnesses

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691435480.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit43548373.11014002.6
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691373.43652005.5
 
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