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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwillfulnesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

17 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
willfulnesses195388(None) 
skillfulnesses2152652skillfulnesses
willfulness1753512willfulne_s_s
wishfulnesses2254282wishfulnesses
wistfulnesses1955542wistfulnesses
balefulnesses1844853balefulnesses
dolefulnesses1774843dolefulnesses
fitfulnesses1866023fi_tfulnesses
guilefulnesses1853583guilefulnesses
helpfulnesses2153543helpfulnesses
mindfulnesses1954433mindfulnesses
pitifulnesses1855573pitifulnesses
sinfulnesses1546133si_nfulnesses
soulfulnesses1654553soulfulnesses
wakefulnesses2354293wakefulnesses
willingnesses1753173willingnesses
woefulnesses1845343w_oefulnesses

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874172.67324644.2
3Display Results17170.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691172.99959583.5