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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 “tapeless” 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.

52 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
tapeless1021864(None) 
tameless10259901tameless
ageless8310342_ageless
aweless1038722_aweless
baseless1099562baseless
capelets1268602capelets
capless114312762cap_less
careless102813632careless
dateless9259962dateless
faceless13269172faceless
fadeless12258322fadeless
fameless13259202fameless
gapless10349992gap_less
gateless9279952gateless
hapless123311332hap_less
hopeless13118302hopeless
laceless10239852laceless
maneless102812342maneless
mateless102711292mateless
nameless10248372nameless
napless93110282nap_less
paneless102611762paneless
paperless1345832paperless
pipeless12107662pipeless
popeless1288472popeless
sapless93313442sap_less
shapeless1435572shapeless
stateless937562stateless
tableless1145032tableless
tackless14419482tackless
tactless10288462tactless
tailless8239082tailless
tameness102411252tameness
tankless12267822tankless
taperers10269772taperers
tasteless935672tasteless
taxless1436912ta_xless
tideless9269082tideless
tieless72512562t_ieless
timeless10239542timeless
tipless92610062tip_less
tireless82510262tireless
toeless72612392t_oeless
toneless8610392toneless
topless92511122top_less
traceless11228642traceless
treeless839282treeless
tubeless1037022tubeless
tuneless837912tuneless
wageless1237172wageless
wakeless1536472wakeless
waveless1437482waveless

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059523.73332429.4
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691524.13943172.5
 
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