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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 “purposeless” 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.

43 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
purposeless155147(None) 
purposelessly206892purposelessly
opposeless1441673_opposeless
purposefulness2161603purposefulness
purposely1642933purposel__y
purposes1237823purpos__e_s
purposiveness2053593purposiveness
creaseless1243644_creaseless
cureless10319704cur___eless
frostless1235744_fr_ostless
fuseless11237234fu___seless
greaseless1143484_greaseless
groveless13235364_gr_oveless
horseless1237214hor__seless
moroseness1246214mor_oseness
noseless839514___noseless
operoseness1354834oper_oseness
peopleless1441914peop_leless
pipeless12107664p_ip__eless
poleless1089874___poleless
popeless1288474___popeless
prepossess1443084prepos_sess
priceless1336884p_r_iceless
proneness11310444p_r_oneness
prophetess1744244p_rophetess
prosiness11311684p_r_osiness
pulpless12224954pulp___less
pumpless14236374pump___less
pureness101110184pur___eness
purples112712834purp___le_s
purplest12249134purp___lest
purpose1137384purpos__e__
purposed1335264purpos__e_d
purposeful1751284purpose_ful
purposelessness1861144purposelessness
purposive1643224purposive__
purposively2152354purposively
pursiness1138454pur__siness
suspenseless1381704suspenseless
terpeneless1361774terpeneless
urodeles945564_ur_odele_s
useless7188424_u___seless
verboseness1652864verboseness

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819438.45017611.7
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691438.88920102.5
 
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