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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 “harmlessnesses” 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.

34 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
harmlessnesses187641(None) 
aimlessnesses1487462_aimlessnesses
artlessnesses1247672_artlessnesses
carelessnesses1547722carelessnesses
formlessnesses1856122formlessnesses
hairlessnesses16126632hairlessnesses
haplessnesses1747252ha_plessnesses
harmlessness1745052harmlessne_s_s
heartlessnesses1765772heartlessnesses
hornlessnesses1656272hornlessnesses
agelessnesses1387633_agelessnesses
airlessnesses12118003_airlessnesses
facelessnesses1847323facelessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fear_lessnesses
headlessnesses17137063headlessnesses
heedlessnesses17136223heedlessnesses
helplessnesses1855803helplessnesses
homelessnesses18137473homelessnesses
hopelessnesses18147013hopelessnesses
landlessnesses1456683landlessnesses
lawlessnesses1546383la_wlessnesses
namelessnesses1577053namelessnesses
painlessnesses1546743painlessnesses
pathlessnesses1855953pathlessnesses
raylessnesses1546503ra_ylessnesses
saplessnesses1347273sa_plessnesses
seamlessnesses1446973seamlessnesses
shamelessnesses18186513shamelessnesses
shapelessnesses18156293shapelessnesses
tactlessnesses1546553tactlessnesses
thanklessnesses2154803thanklessnesses
tirelessnesses1357013tirelessnesses
wordlessnesses1775873wordlessnesses
worklessnesses20125483worklessnesses

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 Filter178691435480.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit43548341.56027915.4
3Display Results34340.0331030.3
 (SQL Overall)178691341.89394395.7
 
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