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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 “madness” 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
madness1031007(None) 
badness1039571badness
sadness8310611sadness
baldness1137042baldness
deadness1039232deadness
farness102912202farness
fatness103311292fatness
gayness1136842gayness
gladness1036152gladness
hardness122411082hardness
harness102413932harness
laxness1436042laxness
maddens11359752maddens
madders113513212madders
maddest112311212maddest
madnesses1239832madnesses
madres93718182madre_s
magnets10311142magnets
maleness10312312maleness
manes76648962ma_ne_s
manless93012932manless
manners93417832manners
manses84225512ma_nses
matiness102114752matiness
matless93014042matless
mazedness2194572mazedness
maziness19239542maziness
meanness1037182meanness
mildness1136522mildness
oddness935312oddness
oldness836402oldness
patness92912282patness
rawness1038152rawness
redness82012442redness
waeness102512782waeness
wanness102610682wanness

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 Limit107671363.37631893.1
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691363.76647448.5
 
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