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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 “witless” 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.

65 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
witless10331098(None) 
hitless103211191hitless
wigless11359671wigless
winless103212281winless
witness103010011witness
aidless83612072aidless
aimless93610812aimless
airless73712042airless
artless73712512artless
bibless11439172bibless
exitless1534882exitless
fatless103212202fatless
finless102810782finless
fitness10299392fitness
giftless1245172giftless
gutless82610712gutless
hatless103813442hatless
hiltless11297122hiltless
hipless12399922hipless
kinless113310272kinless
lidless8309272lidless
lintless82710012lintless
lipless9259552lipless
listless8269262listless
matless93014042matless
netless739862netless
pithless13117022pithless
pitiless10127332pitiless
ribless93410342ribless
riftless1136942riftless
rimless9369362rimless
shitless11249242shitless
sinless73014212sinless
slitless8268142slitless
tieless72512562tieless
tintless8239862tintless
tipless92610062tipless
titles63719922title_s
twigless1293662twigless
waistless1235092waistless
waitress1135222waitress
warless104015102warless
wartless11279922wartless
wattless11268722wattless
wayless13308242wayless
webless1237002webless
wetness10277722wetness
wickless1736082wickless
wifeless14277482wifeless
wiglets113411422wiglets
wiles85437872wi_le_s
willers103517912willers
willets104414322willets
windless123310862windless
wineless112711172wineless
wingless122910022wingless
wintles103414982wintle_s
wireless11249632wireless
wishless1435992wishless
wites85536962wit_e_s
withers134417752withers
withes124620842withe_s
witlessly1543742witlessly
witneys13274722witneys
zipless18276302zipless

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671653.15634116.3
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691653.54550406.5
 
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