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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 “purposelessly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
purposelessly20688(None) 
purposeless1551472purposeless__
pricelessly1852464p_r_icelessly
purposefully2261204purpose_fully
purposelessness1861144purposelessness
purposely1642924purpos__e__ly
purposively2152344purposive__ly
uselessly1243454_u___selessly
carelessly1543955car___elessly
ceaselessly1652435__ceaselessly
costlessly1543715___costlessly
defenselessly207705defenselessly
gracelessly1752635_gr_acelessly
guilelessly1552225gu__ilelessly
hopelessly1843085___hopelessly
humorlessly1951655hu_mo_rlessly
lovelessly1683175___lovelessly
movelessly1883105___movelessly
nervelessly1752025ner__velessly
noiselessly1452485__noiselessly
opposeless1441675_opposeless__
placelessly1852205p__lacelessly
powerlessly1951975___powerlessly
purportedly1951195purpo_rte_dly
purposeful1751285purpos__eful_
purposefulness2161605purposefulness__
purposes1237825purpos__e_s__
purposiveness2053595purposiveness__
purposivenesses2263655purposivenesses
remorselessly186815remorselessly
restlessly1344255__r_estlessly
senselessly1472615__senselessly
shapelessly1962355shap__elessly
spinelessly1652515__spinelessly
spotlessly1543145__spo_tlessly
tirelessly1343645tir___elessly
tonelessly1343845___tonelessly
tunelessly1343245tu___nelessly

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 Filter1786911247900.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit124790388.06015482.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691388.21921741.2
 
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