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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 “needlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
needlessness137468(None) 
heedlessness1685021heedlessness
endlessness1245482_endlessness
headlessness16105962headlessness
needlessnesses14115692needlessnesses
agelessness1246083age_lessness
cheerlessness1853703cheerlessness
fearlessness1545763fearlessness
fecklessness2154483fecklessness
foodlessness1644743foodlessness
godlessness1355433_godlessness
heedlessnesses17136223heedlessnesses
helplessness1754473helplessness
landlessness1345713landlessness
mindlessness1554853mindlessness
namelessness1445613namelessness
nervelessness1653723nervelessness
recklessness1854653recklessness
restlessness1146513restlessness
seamlessness1355903seamlessness
selflessness1444593selflessness
sexlessness1745313_sexlessness
sleeplessness1453553sleeplessness
uselessness1075993use_lessness
wordlessness1644713wordlessness

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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024253.86024617.6
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691254.26641887.2
 
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