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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 “politeness” 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.

44 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
politeness124798(None) 
impoliteness1674242impoliteness
liteness82213212__liteness
petiteness1248492petiteness
politenesses1448592politenesses
politesses1245362politesses
alikeness1336333_alikeness
aliveness1238223_aliveness
appositeness1653273appositeness
diluteness1145193diluteness
finiteness1347113finiteness
godlikeness1751713godlikeness
holiness112512503holi__ness
lateness82614073__lateness
likeness12229863__likeness
litheness1247363__litheness
liveness112411393__liveness
oblateness1244893oblateness
oppositeness1653433oppositeness
paleness10312983pal__eness
planeness1138153p_laneness
pointedness1445093pointedness
pokiness14219863poki__ness
poleless1089873pol__eless
politesse1143673polite_sse
politest10312943polit__est
polities102722343polit_ie_s
polyenes13510063pol_yene_s
polygenes1557503polygene_s
polygeneses1754583polygeneses
polygenesis1754063polygenesis
polytene1367603polytene__
polytenies1547113polytenies
polythenes1865463polythene_s
porteress1137933po_rteress
positiveness1756493positiveness
pottiness1179703po_ttiness
primeness1338653p_rimeness
soleness8814263sol__eness
solidness1036903soli_dness
triteness9310363_triteness
unlikeness1444683unlikeness
votiveness1646353votiveness
whiteness1546483_whiteness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603445.62624991.6
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691446.06229477.2
 
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