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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 “gainless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

36 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
gainless911740(None) 
grainless1035891grainless
painless10108341painless
rainless8129701rainless
aidless83612072_aidless
aimless93610812_aimless
airless73712042_airless
awnless1035922_awnless
brainless1136402brainless
chinless1337492chinless
finless102810782_finless
gainers84214592gain_ers
gainliest1037132gainliest
gaminess112911062gamin_ess
gapless10349992ga_pless
garbless11388252garbless
gasless8319012ga_sless
gateless9279952gateless
gayness1136842gayn_ess
giantess933892giantess
gunless8299632g_unless
hairless1157412hairless
kinless113310272_kinless
mailless10248582mailless
manless93012932ma_nless
reinless8139432reinless
sailless82410372sailless
sinless73014212_sinless
skinless12216972skinless
spinless10238702spinless
stainless9176492stainless
tailless8239082tailless
taintless935732taintless
vainness1136062vainness
veinless11136262veinless
winless103212282_winless

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059363.83031608.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.21942353.9
 
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