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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]

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68 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
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
aimlessnesses1487464_ai_mlessnesses
airlessnesses12117994_ai_rlessnesses
artlessnesses1247664__artlessnesses
brainlessnesses1665024brain_lessnesses
childlessnesses20104944childlessnesses
colorlessnesses1665094colorlessnesses
endlessnesses1356764__endlessnesses
faithlessnesses2074974faithlessnesses
faultlessnesses1754934faultlessnesses
foodlessnesses1755764fo_odlessnesses
formlessnesses1856124fo_rmlessnesses
fruitlessnesses1754894fruitlessnesses
godlessnesses1446584go__dlessnesses
guilelessnesses15195314guilelessnesses
gutlessnesses1346944__gutlessnesses
hairlessnesses16126634hai_rlessnesses
heartlessnesses1765774heartlessnesses
homelessnesses18137474ho_melessnesses
hopelessnesses18147014ho_pelessnesses
houselessnesses1665674houselessnesses
joblessnesses2155994jo__blessnesses
jointednesses2174024joint_e_dnesses
joylessnesses2255644jo__ylessnesses
landlessnesses1456684_landlessnesses
lifelessnesses1646654_lifelessnesses
limitlessnesses1654284limitlessnesses
lovelessnesses1646994lo_velessnesses
movelessnesses1846744mo_velessnesses
painlessness1445444pain_lessne_s_s
pathlessnesses1855954p_athlessnesses
restlessnesses1257234_restlessnesses
sightlessnesses1755034sightlessnesses
skillessnesses1655614ski_llessnesses
soullessnesses1296504so_ullessnesses
tactlessnesses1546554_tactlessnesses
thanklessnesses2154804thanklessnesses
timelessnesses1547024_timelessnesses
tirelessnesses1357014_tirelessnesses
toplessnesses1446584to__plessnesses
wordlessnesses1775874wo_rdlessnesses
worklessnesses20125484wo_rklessnesses
worthlessnesses2054554worthlessnesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548682.51617308.4
3Display Results68680.0461478.3
 (SQL Overall)178691682.85862523.1
 
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