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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 “netless” 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.

49 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
netless73986(None) 
artless73712512artless
beatless103311592beatless
bedless1039702bedless
beltless10297712beltless
debtless1135652debtless
dewless1137472dewless
endless839832endless
fatless103212202fatless
feeless103511102feeless
feetless1137382feetless
fretless1138062fretless
gutless82610712gutless
hatless103813442hatless
heatless113011462heatless
hitless103211192hitless
keyless1436162keyless
knotless1264572knotless
legless838012legless
matless93014042matless
meatless103410862meatless
napless93110282napless
nathless11127022nathless
neatness839152neatness
neckless14236432neckless
needless9308332needless
nestlers8359222nestlers
nestles73015462nestle_s
netters73618582netters
nettlers8307512nettlers
nettles73214082nettle_s
newness1035702newness
newsless1134532newsless
noteless839402noteless
nutlets74111252nutlets
pegless1038052pegless
peltless10267372peltless
poetless1038722poetless
restless82713162restless
seatless83213002seatless
sexless1467242sexless
tentless8229842tentless
textless15245792textless
ventless11249052ventless
vestless11258842vestless
webless1237002webless
wetness10277722wetness
witless103310982witless
zestless17247432zestless

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit107671492.94036622.8
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691493.30954001.5
 
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