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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 “tearless” 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.

43 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
tearless84871(None) 
earless74316071_earless
fearless1137871fearless
gearless937371gearless
barless94317002_barless
beakless14297382beakless
beamless12327002beamless
beardless1234912beardless
beatless103311592beatless
carless95118492_carless
dearness939972dearness
headless12289862headless
heartless1236392heartless
heatless113011462heatless
heirless1146052heirless
leadless9248792leadless
leafless11246572leafless
leakless12246982leakless
mealless10288362mealless
meatless103410862meatless
nearness838312nearness
oarless73913372_oarless
peakless14236682peakless
pearlers1039032pearlers
peerless1037512peerless
scarless10189052scarless
seamless10238722seamless
seatless83213002seatless
starless81610842starless
taxless1436912t_axless
tearers75218232tear_ers
teariest82417262teariest
teariness9310632teariness
teazles16308922teazle_s
tentless8229842tentless
termless1036232termless
textless15245792textless
thawless1434082thawless
toadless936312toadless
tramless1037502tramless
treadless1036002treadless
warless104015102_warless
weariless1234762weariless

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059433.29636729.1
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.70248268.8
 
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