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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 “scarless” 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.

39 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
scarless1018905(None) 
carless95118491_carless
scarlets10178571scarlets
starless81610841starless
barless94317002_barless
capless114312762_capless
careless102813632_careless
caress85720262_car_ess
carles85435082_carle_s
earless74316072_earless
fearless1137872fearless
gearless937372gearless
oarless73913372_oarless
sapless93313442s_apless
scaleless1135512scaleless
scalers93817262sca_lers
scales84529312sca_le_s
scarcest12169172scarcest
scarers94618512scar_ers
scares85033002scar_e_s
scarfers13408462scarfers
scariest101615952scariest
scariness11310182scariness
scarlet91516942scarle_t
scarpers124712512scarpers
scarves124511622scarve_s
scoreless1155602scoreless
scumless1254992scumless
seamless10238722seamless
seatless83213002seatless
snapless10287462snapless
snarlers8298752snarlers
soapless10278072soapless
spanless10247362spanless
stairless9185622stairless
starlets81610082starlets
sugarless1043672sugarless
tearless848712tearless
warless104015102_warless

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit121059393.57633853.2
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691394.06243990.9
 
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