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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 “worklessness” 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.

30 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
worklessness195410(None) 
wordlessness1644711wordlessness
formlessness1744712formlessness
hornlessness1545162hornlessness
worklessnesses20125482worklessnesses
worthlessness1953652worthlessness
airlessness1146253air_lessness
artlessness1146433_artlessness
bootlessness1445453bootlessness
carelessness1446543carelessness
fecklessness2154483fecklessness
foodlessness1644743foodlessness
footlessness1545613footlessness
godlessness1355433go_dlessness
harmlessness1745053harmlessness
homelessness1746103homelessness
hopelessness1745753hopelessness
joblessness2044813jo_blessness
joylessness2144293jo_ylessness
lovelessness1545733lovelessness
movelessness1745303movelessness
recklessness1854653recklessness
rootlessness1245613rootlessness
soullessness1145543soullessness
tirelessness1245933tirelessness
tonelessness1246243tonelessness
toplessness1345403to_plessness
winglessness1654323winglessness
witlessness1446263w_itlessness
wordlessnesses1775873wordlessnesses

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024304.03023579.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.40640556.3
 
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