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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 “farness” 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.

68 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
farness10291220(None) 
fairness1136561fairness
fatness103311291fatness
harness102413931harness
badness1039572badness
bareness10912812bareness
barless94317002barless
barneys12569562barneys
baroness101210062baroness
caress85720262car_ess
carless95118492carless
carnets93918402carnets
carneys124310542carneys
darkness13247342darkness
darnels83710432darnels
darners83815772darners
dearness939972dearness
earless74316072earless
earners74016452earners
earnest7318732earnest
earnests837852earnests
fainest10417702fainest
fanes84639892fa_ne_s
fanners103914652fanners
farcers124713442farcers
farces115223322farce_s
fardels11389892fardels
farers95924052far_ers
fares85852872far_e_s
farfels13348212farfels
farles96025782farle_s
farmers124315262farmers
farnesol11113012farnesol
farnesols12102742farnesols
farnesses122310812farnesses
fastness11238762fastness
fatless103212202fatless
fawners13388492fawners
fearless1137872fearless
fernless1136062fernless
fewness1335002fewness
feyness1334922feyness
firmness1334742firmness
fitness10299392fitness
flatness1138152flatness
fulness10248962fulness
furless103210142furless
garners83815982garners
garnets84115402garnets
gayness1136842gayness
hardness122411082hardness
largess8408912largess
laxness1436042laxness
madness10310072madness
nearness838312nearness
oarless73913372oarless
patness92912282patness
rareness81112852rareness
rawness1038152rawness
sadness8310612sadness
tartness82210132tartness
waeness102512782waeness
wanness102610682wanness
wariness11313212wariness
warless104015102warless
warmness1337062warmness
warners103315562warners
yarners104312202yarners

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671684.09326306.1
3Display Results68680.0461478.3
 (SQL Overall)178691684.51539577.2
 
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