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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 “motherless” 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.

34 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
motherless154409(None) 
cotterless1244032cotterless
fatherless1644212fatherless
motherliness1753082motherliness
motorless1145722mot_orless
otherness1245512_otherness
butterless1244193butterless
coverless1436803co_verless
dowerless1344013do_werless
featherless1743913featherless
mannerless1243523mannerless
mateless102711293mat_e_less
moneyless1444653mo_neyless
mortarless1243103mortarless
mothered142310103mother_e_d
motherings16255643motherings
motherland1652613motherland
motherlands1752353motherlands
motherly16346093motherl__y
mothers123717623mother___s
motionless1243483motionless
motiveless1542963motiveless
mouthless1444713mouth__less
moveless1367753mo_ve_less
natheless1244963nathe_less
noteless839403not_e_less
orderless1044313_orderless
otherguess1451373_otherguess
powderless1642593powderless
powerless1444293po_werless
smotherers1543813smother_ers
thewless1433923__thewless
voteless1137493vot_e_less
waterless1238013wat_erless

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603345.90623806.8
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691346.32528251.5
 
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