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

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124 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
sharpness143493(None) 
chariness14310062chariness
hardness122411082_hardness
harness102413932_har_ness
scariness11310182scariness
shadiness1337462shadiness
shakiness1637082shakiness
sharpeners1543892sharpeners
sharpens13377812sharp_ens
sharpers133810942sharp_ers
sharpest1339142sharp_est
sharpies13411222sharpie_s
sharpnesses1645232sharpnesses
shortness1236732shortness
smartness1136142smartness
spareness1139862spareness
starkness1335962starkness
swartness1236112swartness
apartness1146053apartness
awareness1236343awareness
bareness10912813_bareness
baroness101210063_baroness
charmless1633583charmless
charnels13328173char_nels
chartless1435703chartless
cheapness1643743cheapness
dampness1336073_dampness
darkness13247343_darkness
dearness939973dear_ness
dwarfness1642793dwarfness
farness102912203_far_ness
glariness1038553glariness
hairiness1238013_hairiness
haleness11312623_haleness
halfness1435563_halfness
hapless123311333_ha_pless
happiness1635993_happiness
hardiness132310353_hardiness
harmless1337403_harmless
harpers124916203_harp_ers
harpies123818313_harpie_s
harshness1545963_harshness
haziness20248513_haziness
hipness12277383_h_ipness
hoariness1238823hoariness
nearness838313near_ness
peartness1137773peartness
rareness81112853_rareness
sadness8310613s_a_dness
safeness11239633s_afeness
sageness92111983s_ageness
saltness82610243s_altness
sameness102712683s_ameness
saneness82313723s_aneness
sapless93313443s_a_pless
sappiness1337433s_appiness
sarsnets836783s_arsnets
scaliness1149303scaliness
scantness1135733scantness
scarceness1444763scarceness
scarless10189053scar_less
scarpers124712513scarp_ers
seaminess11310473seaminess
shabbiness1743133shabbiness
shadeless1335733shadeless
shagginess1543933shagginess
shameless1435923shameless
shapeless1435563shapeless
shapers124016893sha_p_ers
shapes115124943sha_p_e_s
sharers104720623shar__ers
shares95236413shar__e_s
sharkers154011053shar_kers
sharns95516983shar_n__s
sharped134112053sharp_e_d
sharpen12389723sharp_e_n
sharpened1544483sharpened
sharpener1444583sharpener
sharper124312703sharp_e_r
sharpie1238393sharpie__
sharps115516083sharp___s
sheerness1236273sheerness
shininess1237333shininess
shipless13277693sh_ipless
shirtless12266413shirtless
shoreless1236633shoreless
showiness1576073showiness
shrapnel1342133shrapne_l
shrines104618693sh_rine_s
shyness1344993sh__yness
slackness1535433slackness
slatiness92511363slatiness
smallness1174513smallness
smarminess1444303smarminess
snakiness1367473snakiness
snapless10287463sna_pless
snappiness1443823snappiness
soapiness1138293soapiness
soapless10278073soa_pless
soreness8914793s_oreness
sorriness939583sorriness
sourness839543sour_ness
spaciness1337083spaciness
sparseness1245493sparseness
spryness1334003s_pryness
squareness1944763squareness
staginess1038753staginess
staidness1037033staidness
staleness9310783staleness
stampless1334543stampless
starless81610843star_less
steepness1145723steepness
sternness946093sternness
strapless1135793strapless
suaveness1247703suaveness
sureness8912903s_ureness
swampiness1773353swampiness
tartness82210133_tartness
teariness9310633teariness
unharness1245253unhar_ness
wariness11313213_wariness
warmness1337063_warmness
weariness1238843weariness
whatness1435093wha_tness

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit1486411247.65619415.0
3Display Results1241240.0462695.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911248.14221946.8
 
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