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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 “pointlessnesses” 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.

26 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
pointlessnesses165544(None) 
painlessnesses1546742pain_lessnesses
pointlessness1554612pointlessne_s_s
bootlessnesses1556453bo_otlessnesses
boundlessnesses1774923boundlessnesses
dauntlessnesses1554813dauntlessnesses
doubtlessnesses1764933doubtlessnesses
footlessnesses1656563fo_otlessnesses
guiltlessnesses15174923guiltlessnesses
hornlessnesses1656273horn_lessnesses
listlessnesses1266933_listlessnesses
mindlessnesses1686013_mindlessnesses
pitilessnesses1575753p_itilessnesses
planlessnesses1576303plan_lessnesses
plotlessnesses1556093p_lotlessnesses
pointednesses1654973point_e_dnesses
powerlessnesses1954493powerlessnesses
rootlessnesses1346603ro_otlessnesses
shiftlessnesses1954993shiftlessnesses
sinlessnesses1157983_sin_lessnesses
spinelessnesses1555493spinelessnesses
spotlessnesses1456273spo__tlessnesses
tonelessnesses13137653to_nelessnesses
voicelessnesses1955313voicelessnesses
winglessnesses1765463_winglessnesses
witlessnesses1547233_wi_tlessnesses

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 Filter178691273830.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit27383260.93629255.3
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691261.235144689.1
 
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