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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 “needlessly” 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.

30 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
needlessly144290(None) 
heedlessly1742771heedlessly
endlessly1343712_endlessly
needless9308332needless__
agelessly1343463age_lessly
cheerlessly1952083cheerlessly
deedless10318253deedless__
fearlessly1643133fearlessly
fecklessly2282653fecklessly
godlessly1443153_godlessly
heedless12278813heedless__
helplessly1842523helplessly
kindlessly1842873kindlessly
mindlessly1643313mindlessly
namelessly1542983namelessly
needlers9287423needlers__
needles83211563needle_s__
nervelessly1752033nervelessly
recklessly1962923recklessly
restlessly1344263restlessly
seamlessly1543203seamlessly
seedless9319513seedless__
selflessly1642623selflessly
sexlessly1943203_sexlessly
sleeplessly1652223sleeplessly
uselessly1243453use_lessly
viewlessly1952123viewlessly
weedless12287963weedless__
windlessly1743243windlessly
wordlessly1742843wordlessly

Search took 6 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 Limit140603305.51625490.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691305.93530108.0
 
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