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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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117 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
headlessness1610596(None) 
heedlessness1685021heedlessness
endlessness1245482_endlessness
fearlessness1545762fearlessness
haplessness1645662h_aplessness
headlessnesses17137062headlessnesses
heartlessness1665172heartlessness
helplessness1754472helplessness
needlessness1374682needlessness
seamlessness1355902seamlessness
ceaselessness1455113ceaselessness
cheerlessness1853703cheerlessness
childlessness1963873childlessness
deathlessness1754323deathlessness
dreamlessness1673813dreamlessness
fecklessness2154483fecklessness
flawlessness1854123flawlessness
foodlessness1644743foodlessness
godlessness1355433_godlessness
hairlessness1545303hairlessness
harmlessness1745053harmlessness
heedlessnesses17136223heedlessnesses
homelessness1746103homelessness
hopelessness1745753hopelessness
hornlessness1545163hornlessness
landlessness1345713landlessness
lawlessness1444893_lawlessness
mindlessness1554853mindlessness
planlessness1444993planlessness
raylessness1445113_raylessness
recklessness1854653recklessness
regardlessness1662123regardlessness
restlessness1146513restlessness
saplessness1245983_saplessness
selflessness1444593selflessness
sexlessness1745313se_xlessness
wordlessness1644713wordlessness
agelessness1246074_agelessness
aimlessness1345674_aimlessness
airlessness1146254_airlessness
artlessness1146434_artlessness
blamelessness1754544blamelessness
bloodlessness1653504bloodlessness
bootlessness1445454bootlessness
boundlessness1654044boundlessness
brainlessness1554184brainlessness
breathlessness1952794breathlessness
carelessness1446544carelessness
classlessness1353734classlessness
cloudlessness1653844cloudlessness
deadliness12115894deadl__iness
deadnesses1238944deadness_e_s
earnestness1152814_earnestness
endlessnesses1356764_endlessnesses
facelessness1786054facelessness
fearlessnesses1666744fearlessnesses
fencelessness1854074fencelessness
footlessness1545614footlessness
formlessness1744714formlessness
friendlessness1852204friendlessness
gracelessness1664764gracelessness
gutlessness1246014_gutlessness
haleness11312624h_a_le__ness
haplessnesses1747254h_aplessnesses
headdresses1683694headdress_e_s
headiness132510364head___iness
headinesses1539844headiness_e_s
headless12289864headl____ess
headliners14144334headl__iners
headlines13119014headl__ine_s
headmistress1861444headmistress
healthiness1744094hea_lthiness
heartlessnesses1765774heartlessnesses
hellishness1744114he_llishness
helplessnesses1855804helplessnesses
houselessness15104924houselessness
humorlessness1853164humorlessness
jealousness1845324jea_lousness
joblessness2044814_joblessness
joylessness2144294_joylessness
leadenness1144444lead_e_nness
lifelessness1545294lifelessness
listlessness1145824listlessness
lovelessness1545734lovelessness
mercilessness1753464mercilessness
movelessness1745304movelessness
namelessness1445614namelessness
needlessnesses14115694needlessnesses
nervelessness1653724nervelessness
painlessness1445444painlessness
pathlessness1754904pathlessness
pitilessness1474524pitilessness
plotlessness1445084plotlessness
rootlessness1245614rootlessness
ruthlessness1554314ruthlessness
seamlessnesses1446974seamlessnesses
senselessness1154734senselessness
shamelessness1754964shamelessness
shapelessness1754964shapelessness
shiftlessness1854004shiftlessness
sinlessness1046724_sinlessness
skillessness1554234skillessness
sleeplessness1453554sleeplessness
soullessness1145544soullessness
spotlessness1345324spotlessness
statelessness1255144statelessness
tactlessness1445414tactlessness
thanklessness2053834thanklessness
timelessness1445784timelessness
tirelessness1245934tirelessness
tonelessness1246244tonelessness
toplessness1345404_toplessness
uselessness1075994_uselessness
winglessness1654324winglessness
witlessness1446264_witlessness
worklessness1954104worklessness
zealousness2055194zea_lousness

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.456391866.2
2DLD Change Limit1247901176.56019022.9
3Display Results1171170.0801462.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911177.09625181.9
 
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