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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 “formlessnesses” 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.

31 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
formlessnesses185612(None) 
foodlessnesses1755762foodlessnesses
footlessnesses1656562footlessnesses
formlessness1744712formlessne_s_s
harmlessnesses1876412harmlessnesses
hornlessnesses1656272hornlessnesses
wordlessnesses1775872wordlessnesses
worklessnesses20125482worklessnesses
aimlessnesses1487463_aimlessnesses
airlessnesses12118003air_lessnesses
artlessnesses1247673_artlessnesses
bootlessnesses1556453bootlessnesses
carelessnesses1547723carelessnesses
facelessnesses1847323facelessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
flawlessnesses1975453flawlessnesses
godlessnesses1446583go_dlessnesses
homelessnesses18137473homelessnesses
hopelessnesses18147013hopelessnesses
joblessnesses2155993jo_blessnesses
joylessnesses2255643jo_ylessnesses
lovelessnesses1646993lovelessnesses
movelessnesses1846743movelessnesses
rootlessnesses1346603rootlessnesses
seamlessnesses1446973seamlessnesses
soullessnesses1296503soullessnesses
tirelessnesses1357013tirelessnesses
tonelessnesses13137653tonelessnesses
toplessnesses1446583to_plessnesses
worthlessnesses2054553worthlessnesses

Search took 2 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 Filter178691435480.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit43548311.64026553.7
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691311.95391495.6
 
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