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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 “barkless” 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.

34 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
barkless1431802(None) 
backless162910631backless
barbless12318711barbless
barless94317001bar_less
armless9369942_armless
artless73712512_artless
bareness10912812bareness
barkeeps1634142barkeeps
barkers134318512bark_ers
barkiest144115152barkiest
barleys125011842bar_leys
baroness101210062baroness
baseless1099562baseless
bathless13127382bathless
beakless14297382beakless
beardless1234912beardless
brakeless1544992brakeless
braless92910562b_raless
careless102813632careless
carless95118492car_less
darkles124011932darkle_s
darkness13247342darkness
earless74316072ear_less
forkless15267432forkless
garbless11388252garbless
harmless1337402harmless
oarless73913372oar_less
rankless12268232rankless
tackless14419482tackless
tankless12267822tankless
wardless12249302wardless
warless104015102war_less
wartless11279922wartless
workless15276802workless

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059344.00030264.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.42240409.5
 
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