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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 “ashless” 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.

35 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
ashless1031845(None) 
ashlers10319581ashlers
cashless1336771cashless
sashless1136601sashless
ageless8310342ageless
aidless83612072aidless
aimless93610812aimless
airless73712042airless
armless9369942armless
artless73712512artless
ashes86230612ash_e_s
ashiest10313952ashiest
ashiness1138962ashiness
ashlars10297062ashlars
ashler9459972ashle_r
assess65710462as_sess
aweless1038722aweless
awless939262a_wless
awnless1035922awnless
baseless1099562baseless
bathless13127382bathless
bushless1335812bushless
fishless1436412fishless
gasless8319012gas_less
massless10277112massless
mastless102610022mastless
nathless11127022nathless
passless10247222passless
pastless102411202pastless
pathless13138042pathless
rashness1138092rashness
sapless93313442sapless
shleps114710332_shleps
useless7188422useless
wishless1435992wishless

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671353.43631336.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.85846317.0
 
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