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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 “awless” 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.

60 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
awless93926(None) 
aweless1038721aweless
awnless1035921awnless
jawless1745651jawless
lawless1037031lawless
abbess10509772abbess
ables75935542able_s
ablest84721832ablest
access1037682access
ageless8310342ageless
aglets73915682aglets
aidless83612072aidless
aimless93610812aimless
airless73712042airless
alecs76620732a_lecs
alefs87319662a_lefs
ales47067102a_le_s
allees64521482allees
alleys95113302alleys
arles56735742arle_s
armless9369942armless
artless73712512artless
ashless10318452ashless
assess65710462assess
awes76037552aw_e_s
awls75926092awl__s
axles125219472axle_s
barless94317002barless
bawlers124412732bawlers
bless75917812_bless
bowless123310312bowless
capless114312762capless
carless95118492carless
clawless1334122clawless
dewless1137472dewless
earless74316072earless
fatless103212202fatless
flawless1434502flawless
gapless10349992gapless
gasless8319012gasless
hapless123311332hapless
hatless103813442hatless
jagless1537102jagless
less45635102__less
manless93012932manless
matless93014042matless
napless93110282napless
oarless73913372oarless
owlets93110392owlets
rawness1038152rawness
rayless10239002rayless
sapless93313442sapless
taxless1436912taxless
thawless1434082thawless
unless62413072unless
vowless13246602vowless
walers94824462walers
wales86142832wale_s
warless104015102warless
wayless13308242wayless

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551602.23636919.1
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691602.57569394.6
 
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