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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 “painlessnesses” 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.

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
painlessnesses154674(None) 
aimlessnesses1487462_aimlessnesses
airlessnesses12117992_airlessnesses
brainlessnesses1665022brainlessnesses
hairlessnesses16126632hairlessnesses
painlessness1445442painlessne_s_s
pathlessnesses1855952pathlessnesses
planlessnesses1576302planlessnesses
pointlessnesses1655442pointlessnesses
sinlessnesses1157982_sinlessnesses
agelessnesses1387623_agelessnesses
artlessnesses1247663_artlessnesses
carelessnesses1547723carelessnesses
dauntlessnesses1554813dauntlessnesses
facelessnesses1847323facelessnesses
faithlessnesses2074973faithlessnesses
haplessnesses1747253ha_plessnesses
harmlessnesses1876413harmlessnesses
hornlessnesses1656273hornlessnesses
landlessnesses1456683landlessnesses
lawlessnesses1546383la_wlessnesses
mindlessnesses1686013_mindlessnesses
namelessnesses1577053namelessnesses
pitilessnesses1575753pitilessnesses
plotlessnesses1556093plotlessnesses
raylessnesses1546503ra_ylessnesses
saplessnesses1347273sa_plessnesses
skillessnesses1655613skillessnesses
spinelessnesses1555493spinelessnesses
tactlessnesses1546553tactlessnesses
winglessnesses1765463_winglessnesses
witlessnesses1547233_witlessnesses

Search took 2 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 Filter178691435480.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit43548321.54628168.2
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691321.87295454.6
 
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