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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 “neatness” 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.

32 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
neatness83915(None) 
nearness838311nearness
beatless103311592beatless
deadness1039232deadness
deafness1236212deafness
dearness939972dearness
deftness1236302deftness
fatness103311292_fatness
flatness1138152flatness
greatness1036902greatness
heatless113011462heatless
ineptness1145072ineptness
inertness947972inertness
leanness837372leanness
meanness1037182meanness
meatiness11311182meatiness
meatless103410862meatless
meetness1036652meetness
neatens73310402neat_ens
neatest72516002neat_est
neatnesses10310012neatnesses
neatniks1242762neatniks
netless739862ne_tless
newness1035702ne_wness
patness92912282_patness
peartness1137772peartness
pertness10310092pertness
realness8410442realness
seatless83213002seatless
weakness1535352weakness
wetness10277722we_tness
whatness1435092whatness

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059323.73332429.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.12543319.0
 
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