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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 “hellishnesses” 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.

29 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
hellishnesses197435(None) 
bullishnesses1844042bullishnesses
dollishnesses1744372dollishnesses
hellishness1744112hellishne_s_s
selfishnesses1844042selfishnesses
bearishnesses1844843bearishnesses
bluishnesses1765263_bluishnesses
childishnesses2352563childishnesses
churlishnesses2252543churlishnesses
coltishnesses1845223coltishnesses
cultishnesses1844563cultishnesses
devilishnesses2152693devilishnesses
doltishnesses1744613doltishnesses
folkishnesses2343923folkishnesses
foolishnesses1944463foolishnesses
ghoulishnesses2152283ghoulishnesses
girlishnesses1744033girlishnesses
hawkishnesses2643253hawkishnesses
helplessnesses1855803helplessnesses
hillinesses1458503hilli__nesses
hoggishnesses21143653hoggishnesses
mulishnesses1755093_mulishnesses
owlishnesses1844643_owlishnesses
peevishnesses2143473peevishnesses
pettishnesses1844383pettishnesses
reddishnesses1873583reddishnesses
sheepishnesses2153013sheepishnesses
stylishnesses1843403stylishnesses
wolfishnesses2243733wolfishnesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691658740.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit65874292.64024952.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691292.96660246.5
 
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