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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 “harmless” 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.

40 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
harmless133740(None) 
armless9369941_armless
charmless1633581charmless
aimless93610812_aimless
armlets94610062_armlets
artless73712512_artless
barbless12318712barbless
barkless14318022barkless
barless94317002bar_less
careless102813632careless
carless95118492car_less
chartless1435702chartless
earless74316072ear_less
formless13248082formless
garbless11388252garbless
gormless11235442gormless
hairless1157412hairless
haltless11308442haltless
hamlets123211402ha_mlets
handless123512062handless
hapless123311332ha_pless
hardness122411082hardness
harmers124116592harm_ers
harmlessly1842782harmlessly
harness102413932har_ness
harslets1137832harslets
hatless103813442ha_tless
heartless1236392heartless
helmless1334272helmless
herbless1336662herbless
hornless1137362hornless
hurtless11307782hurtless
normless10235922normless
oarless73913372oar_less
termless1036232termless
tramless1037502tramless
wardless12249302wardless
warless104015102war_less
warmness1337062warmness
wartless11279922wartless

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059404.06329795.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.48539841.9
 
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