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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 “usefulness” 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.

40 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
usefulness134572(None) 
lustfulness1445312lustfulness
pushfulness1954142pushfulness
ruefulness1346102ruefulness
tunefulness1455242tunefulness
usefulnesses1545822usefulnesses
woefulness1645262woefulness
artfulness1346403artfulness
awfulness1544413_awfulness
balefulness1645013balefulness
bashfulness1954223bashfulness
carefulness1645953carefulness
dolefulness1544883dolefulness
dutifulness1555083dutifulness
fatefulness1746013fatefulness
fitfulness1645733fitfulness
fretfulness1776223fretfulness
fulness10248963___fulness
gleefulness1554063gleefulness
guilefulness1653723guilefulness
hatefulness1745963hatefulness
heedfulness18104073heedfulness
hopefulness1954873hopefulness
hurtfulness1755013hurtfulness
joyfulness2343203joyfulness
lawfulness1643853lawfulness
manfulness1545643manfulness
needfulness1593993needfulness
restfulness1447233restfulness
ruthfulness1754983ruthfulness
sinfulness1345843sinfulness
tastefulness1554853tastefulness
trustfulness1565063trustfulness
useless7188423use__l_ess
usualness993563us_ualness
wakefulness2154583wakefulness
wastefulness1854833wastefulness
wishfulness2054343wishfulness
wistfulness1745273wistfulness
zestfulness2345313zestfulness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603406.37622051.9
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.54527301.9
 
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