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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 “liteness” 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.

36 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
liteness8221321(None) 
lateness82614071lateness
likeness12229861likeness
litheness1247361litheness
liveness112411391liveness
alikeness1336332alikeness
aliveness1238222aliveness
cuteness1039672cuteness
direness9311302direness
fineness11310642fineness
fitness10299392fit_ness
lameness102612672lameness
licenses10118922licenses
lifeless11228142lifeless
limeless10249662limeless
liminess10510642liminess
limpness1246702limpness
lineless82711942lineless
lioness739102li_oness
listeners9147322listeners
litenesses10513022litenesses
littleness1045022littleness
liveners11217932liveners
loneness8512092loneness
muteness1039012muteness
niceness1039842niceness
politeness1247982politeness
rifeness1138582rifeness
ripeness1039362ripeness
titaness836722titaness
triteness9310362triteness
vileness1139982vileness
whiteness1546482whiteness
wideness12259472wideness
wiseness112010752wiseness
witness103010012wit_ness

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059363.18637997.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.59249746.9
 
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