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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 “oarless” 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.

64 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
oarless7391337(None) 
barless94317001barless
carless95118491carless
earless74316071earless
warless104015101warless
airless73712042airless
arles56735742_arle_s
armless9369942_armless
artless73712512_artless
awless939262_awless
barbless12318712barbless
barkless14318022barkless
barleys125011842barleys
braless92910562braless
capless114312762capless
careless102813632careless
caress85720262car_ess
carles85435082carle_s
coalless1038192coalless
coatless1039692coatless
doorless936712doorless
farles96025782farle_s
farness102912202farness
fatless103212202fatless
fearless1137872fearless
foamless13195842foamless
furless103210142furless
gapless10349992gapless
garbless11388252garbless
gasless8319012gasless
gearless937372gearless
goalless935722goalless
hairless1157412hairless
hapless123311332hapless
harmless1337402harmless
harness102413932harness
hatless103813442hatless
jagless1537102jagless
jawless1745652jawless
largess8408912largess
lawless1037032lawless
loamless10235212loamless
manless93012932manless
matless93014042matless
napless93110282napless
odorless934172odorless
ogress7529502ogr_ess
orbless937492orbless
orles55326212o_rle_s
parles86334402parle_s
parleys125212372parleys
rayless10239002rayless
roadless937702roadless
sapless93313442sapless
scarless10189052scarless
soapless10278072soapless
starless81610842starless
taxless1436912taxless
tearless848712tearless
toadless936312toadless
varlets10411572varlets
wardless12249302wardless
wartless11279922wartless
wayless13308242wayless

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671643.06335152.1
3Display Results64640.0134923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691643.46651555.4
 
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