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

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99 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
pathlessness175490(None) 
deathlessness1754322deathlessness
faithlessness1953972faithlessness
painlessness1445442painlessness
pathlessnesses1855952pathlessnesses
pitilessness1474522pitilessness
ruthlessness1554312ruthlessness
agelessness1246073_agelessness
aimlessness1345673_aimlessness
airlessness1146253_airlessness
artlessness1146433_artlessness
breathlessness1952793breathlessness
carelessness1446543carelessness
facelessness1786053facelessness
fathomlessness2261553fathomlessness
gutlessness1246013gut_lessness
hairlessness1545303hairlessness
haplessness1645663ha_plessness
harmlessness1745053harmlessness
landlessness1345713landlessness
lawlessness1444893la_wlessness
namelessness1445613namelessness
planlessness1444993planlessness
plotlessness1445083plotlessness
raylessness1445113ra_ylessness
saplessness1245983sa_plessness
spotlessness1345323spot_lessness
statelessness1255143statelessness
tactlessness1445413tactlessness
tastelessness1254193tastelessness
waterlessness1653853waterlessness
witlessness1446263wit_lessness
worthlessness1953653worthlessness
blamelessness1754544blamelessness
bootlessness1445454bootlessness
brainlessness1554184brainlessness
ceaselessness1455114ceaselessness
classlessness1353734classlessness
dauntlessness1453774dauntlessness
deathlessnesses1885174deathlessnesses
endlessness1245484_endlessness
faithlessnesses2074974faithlessnesses
faultlessness1653944faultlessness
fearlessness1545764fearlessness
fecklessness2154484fecklessness
flawlessness1854124flawlessness
foodlessness1644744foodlessness
footlessness1545614footlessness
formlessness1744714formlessness
godlessness1355434_godlessness
gracelessness1664764gracelessness
headlessness16105964headlessness
heartlessness1665174heartlessness
heedlessness1685024heedlessness
helplessness1754474helplessness
homelessness1746104homelessness
hopelessness1745754hopelessness
hornlessness1545164hornlessness
joblessness2044814_joblessness
joylessness2144294_joylessness
lifelessness1545294lifelessness
listlessness1145824listlessness
lovelessness1545734lovelessness
mindlessness1554854mindlessness
motherlessness1952234motherlessness
movelessness1745304movelessness
needlessness1374684needlessness
painlessnesses1546744painlessnesses
paleness10312984pa__le__ness
pathless13138044pathl____ess
patnesses111611794pat_ness_e_s
pitilessnesses1575754pitilessnesses
pointlessness1554614pointlessness
powerlessness1853194powerlessness
recklessness1854654recklessness
restlessness1146514restlessness
rootlessness1245614rootlessness
ruthlessnesses1665384ruthlessnesses
seamlessness1355904seamlessness
selflessness1444594selflessness
sexlessness1745314_sexlessness
shamelessness1754964shamelessness
shapelessness1754964shapelessness
sightlessness1654154sightlessness
sinlessness1046724_sinlessness
skillessness1554234skillessness
soullessness1145544soullessness
speechlessness2081604speechlessness
spinelessness1454404spinelessness
thanklessness2053834thanklessness
timelessness1445784timelessness
tirelessness1245934tirelessness
tonelessness1246244tonelessness
toplessness1345404_toplessness
uselessness1075994_uselessness
valuelessness1653454valuelessness
winglessness1654324winglessness
wordlessness1644714wordlessness
worklessness1954104worklessness

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit124790997.14017477.6
3Display Results99990.0631571.4
 (SQL Overall)178691997.65623340.0
 
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