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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 “bathless” 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.

33 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
bathless1312738(None) 
nathless11127021nathless
pathless13138041pathless
ashless10318452_ashless
backless162910632backless
barbless12318712barbless
barkless14318022barkless
barless94317002ba_rless
baseless1099562baseless
bathers124720362bath_ers
bathes116524832bath_e_s
bathoses13310462bathoses
battlers104110972battlers
battles94517682battle_s
beatless103311592beat_less
breathless1543532breathless
bushless1335812bushless
cashless1336772cashless
dateless9259962dateless
deathless1335222deathless
faithless1543902faithless
fatless103212202fat_less
gateless9279952gateless
hatless103813442hat_less
heathless1535592heathless
matchless1644682matchless
mateless102711292mateless
matless93014042mat_less
natheless1244962natheless
pithless13117022pithless
ruthless1135412ruthless
sashless1136602sashless
wattless11268722wattless

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059333.90630993.1
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.31241440.4
 
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