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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 “sameness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

31 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
sameness10271268(None) 
gameness112810691gameness
lameness102612671lameness
safeness11239631safeness
sageness92111981sageness
saneness82313721saneness
tameness102411251tameness
bareness10912812bareness
baseness10910942baseness
dampness1336072dampness
fameless13259202fameless
gaminess112911062gaminess
haleness11312622haleness
lateness82614072lateness
maleness10312312maleness
nameless10248372nameless
paleness10312982paleness
rareness81112852rareness
sadness8310612sa_dness
saltness82610242saltness
samenesses12410852samenesses
seaminess11310472seaminess
shameless1435922shameless
soleness8814262soleness
soreness8914792soreness
spareness1139862spareness
staleness9310782staleness
suaveness1247702suaveness
sureness8912902sureness
tameless10259902tameless
waeness102512782wa_eness

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit121059313.61033534.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.77947285.3
 
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