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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 “ireless” 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.

47 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
ireless7231224(None) 
fireless112810591fireless
iceless9219961iceless
tireless82510261tireless
wireless11249631wireless
ageless8310342ageless
airless73712042air_less
armless9369942armless
artless73712512artless
aweless1038722aweless
braless92910562braless
careless102813632careless
coreless103013832coreless
crewless1335412crewless
cureless10319702cureless
direness9311302direness
eyeless1058052eyeless
feeless103511102feeless
fretless1138062fretless
hideless12278712hideless
hiveless14227932hiveless
hueless1058822hueless
idealess935652idealess
inkless11348712inkless
innless7288292innless
isleless834852isleless
lifeless11228142lifeless
limeless10249662limeless
lineless82711942lineless
orbless937492orbless
pileless1088622pileless
pipeless12107662pipeless
prebless1236822prebless
precess11310862precess
recess8314262_recess
relets64025672_relets
ribless93410342ribless
rimless9369362rimless
tideless9269082tideless
tieless72512562tieless
timeless10239542timeless
toeless72612392toeless
treeless839282treeless
useless7188422useless
viceless1337982viceless
wifeless14277482wifeless
wineless112711172wineless

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671473.40631612.2
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691473.80946912.8
 
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