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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 “helplessnesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

26 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
helplessnesses185580(None) 
haplessnesses1747252h_aplessnesses
headlessnesses17137062headlessnesses
heedlessnesses17136222heedlessnesses
helplessness1754472helplessne_s_s
selflessnesses15115992selflessnesses
cheerlessnesses1954543cheerlessnesses
childlessnesses20104943childlessnesses
endlessnesses1356763_endlessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
hairlessnesses16126633hairlessnesses
harmlessnesses1876413harmlessnesses
heartlessnesses1765773heartlessnesses
hellishnesses1974353hel_lishnesses
homelessnesses18137473homelessnesses
hopelessnesses18147013hopelessnesses
hornlessnesses1656273hornlessnesses
needlessnesses14115693needlessnesses
recklessnesses1955843recklessnesses
restlessnesses1257233restlessnesses
saplessnesses1347273_saplessnesses
seamlessnesses1446973seamlessnesses
sexlessnesses1846743se_xlessnesses
sleeplessnesses1554683sleeplessnesses
toplessnesses1446583_toplessnesses

Search took 4 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548263.20313596.0
3Display Results26260.033787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691263.53250592.0
 
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