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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 “futileness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

41 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
futileness134613(None) 
facileness1545502facileness
fertileness1447572fertileness
furtiveness1746532furtiveness
futilenesses1547212futilenesses
subtileness1345402subtileness
activeness1547703activeness
agileness1046493_agileness
butylenes1444413butylene_s
citizeness21124653citizeness
cuteness1039673cut__eness
entireness1048363entireness
fatalness1245773fatal_ness
feebleness1544893feebleness
femaleness1545763femaleness
festiveness1748223festiveness
fetidness1345443feti_dness
fickleness1943663fickleness
fictiveness1946313fictiveness
fineness11310643f__ineness
finiteness1347113finiteness
frailness1236543frail_ness
fugitiveness1964023fugitiveness
fullness1135443fu__llness
fulness10248963fu__l_ness
fusileers1242723fusile_ers
fustiness121910243fusti__ness
futureless1342133futureless
guileless1044253gu_ileless
humbleness1744623humbleness
littleness1045023littleness
muteness1039013mut__eness
nativeness1357833nativeness
petiteness1248493petiteness
staleness9310783_staleness
stillness936103_stillness
subtleness1245443subtleness
supineness1245873supineness
suppleness1444453suppleness
vileness1139983__vileness
votiveness1646353votiveness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603416.33022212.2
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691416.79626293.6
 
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