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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 “wayless” 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.

51 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
wayless1330824(None) 
rayless10239001rayless
warless104015101warless
awayness1443302awayness
aweless1038722aweless
awless939262_awless
awnless1035922awnless
barless94317002barless
capless114312762capless
carless95118492carless
earless74316072earless
fatless103212202fatless
flyless1335002flyless
gapless10349992gapless
gasless8319012gasless
gayness1136842gayness
hapless123311332hapless
hatless103813442hatless
jagless1537102jagless
jawless1745652jawless
joyless17226512joyless
kayles134712002kayle_s
keyless1436162keyless
lawless1037032lawless
manless93012932manless
matless93014042matless
napless93110282napless
oarless73913372oarless
playless1334862playless
sapless93313442sapless
taxless1436912taxless
toyless10268712toyless
waeness102512782waeness
wageless1237172wageless
wailers103916802wailers
wakeless1536472wakeless
walers94824462wa_lers
wales86142832wa_le_s
wallets103914832wallets
wanness102610682wanness
wardless12249302wardless
wartless11279922wartless
wattless11268722wattless
waveless1437482waveless
waylays1634672waylays
webless1237002webless
wigless11359672wigless
winless103212282winless
witless103310982witless
wryness13113982wryness
wyles114615322w_yle_s

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671513.31332499.5
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691513.71648086.9
 
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