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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 “shapelessnesses” 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.

26 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
shapelessnesses1815629(None) 
shamelessnesses18186511shamelessnesses
haplessnesses1747252_hap_lessnesses
hopelessnesses18147012_hopelessnesses
saplessnesses1347272s_ap_lessnesses
shapelessness1754962shapelessne_s_s
statelessnesses1355862statelessnesses
agelessnesses1387623__agelessnesses
blamelessnesses1865713blamelessnesses
carelessnesses1547723_carelessnesses
ceaselessnesses1596163ceaselessnesses
facelessnesses1847323_facelessnesses
gracelessnesses1755903gracelessnesses
hairlessnesses16126633_hairlessnesses
harmlessnesses1876413_harmlessnesses
homelessnesses18137473_homelessnesses
namelessnesses1577053_namelessnesses
seamlessnesses1446973sea_mlessnesses
senselessnesses055703senselessnesses
shamelessness1754963shamelessne_s_s
shapelinesses1843413shapel__inesses
shiftlessnesses1954993shiftlessnesses
sleeplessnesses1554683sleeplessnesses
spinelessnesses1555493spinelessnesses
stylelessnesses1674713stylelessnesses
thanklessnesses2154803thanklessnesses

Search took 2 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 Filter178691273830.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit27383261.08025354.6
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691261.406127091.7
 
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