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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 “lawlessnesses” 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.

40 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
lawlessnesses154638(None) 
flawlessnesses1975451flawlessnesses
haplessnesses1747252haplessnesses
landlessnesses1456682landlessnesses
lawlessness1444892lawlessne_s_s
planlessnesses1576302planlessnesses
raylessnesses1546502raylessnesses
saplessnesses1347272saplessnesses
agelessnesses1387623agelessnesses
aimlessnesses1487463aimlessnesses
airlessnesses12117993airlessnesses
artlessnesses1247663artlessnesses
blamelessnesses1865713blamelessnesses
carelessnesses1547723carelessnesses
classlessnesses054833classlessnesses
endlessnesses1356763endlessnesses
facelessnesses1847323facelessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
flawlessness1854123flawlessne_s_s
godlessnesses1446583godlessnesses
gutlessnesses1346943gutlessnesses
hairlessnesses16126633hairlessnesses
harmlessnesses1876413harmlessnesses
headlessnesses17137063headlessnesses
joblessnesses2155993joblessnesses
joylessnesses2255643joylessnesses
lifelessnesses1646653lifelessnesses
listlessnesses1266933listlessnesses
lovelessnesses1646993lovelessnesses
namelessnesses1577053namelessnesses
painlessnesses1546743painlessnesses
pathlessnesses1855953pathlessnesses
plotlessnesses1556093plotlessnesses
seamlessnesses1446973seamlessnesses
sexlessnesses1846743sexlessnesses
sinlessnesses1157983sinlessnesses
tactlessnesses1546553tactlessnesses
toplessnesses1446583toplessnesses
uselessnesses1147313uselessnesses
witlessnesses1547233witlessnesses

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874402.58025532.6
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691402.92361132.7
 
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