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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 “selflessness” 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.

25 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
selflessness144459(None) 
helplessness1754472helplessness
seamlessness1355902seamlessness
selflessnesses15115992selflessnesses
sexlessness1745312se_xlessness
endlessness1245483_endlessness
fearlessness1545763fearlessness
fecklessness2154483fecklessness
headlessness16105963headlessness
heedlessness1685023heedlessness
needlessness1374683needlessness
recklessness1854653recklessness
restlessness1146513restlessness
saplessness1245983s_aplessness
selfishness1743813self_ishness
selfnesses1335893selfness_e_s
senselessness1154733senselessness
shiftlessness1854003shiftlessness
sinlessness1046723s_inlessness
skillessness1554233skillessness
sleeplessness1453553sleeplessness
soullessness1145543soullessness
spotlessness1345323spotlessness
stylelessness1553413stylelessness
uselessness1075993use__lessness

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024253.29628830.1
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691253.66948702.9
 
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