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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 “faultlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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69 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
faultlessness165394(None) 
dauntlessness1453772dauntlessness
faultlessnesses1754932faultlessnesses
fruitlessness1654192fruitlessness
artlessness1146433_a_rtlessness
doubtlessness1654073doubtlessness
facelessness1786053fa_celessness
faithlessness1953973faithlessness
footlessness1545613f_ootlessness
guiltlessness1453773guiltlessness
gutlessness1246013_gu_tlessness
soullessness1145543soul_lessness
tactlessness1445413ta_ctlessness
valuelessness1653453valuelessness
affectlessness2271914affectlessness
agelessness1246074_a_gelessness
aimlessness1345674_a_imlessness
airlessness1146254_a_irlessness
bootlessness1445454_bootlessness
boundlessness1654044boundlessness
carelessness1446544ca_relessness
childlessness1963874childlessness
dauntlessnesses1554814dauntlessnesses
effortlessness2061894effortlessness
exhaustlessness2461084exhaustlessness
fathomlessness2261554fathomlessness
faultiness1344824fault___iness
faultinesses1545184faultiness_e_s
faultless1243164faultl____ess
faultlessly1752124faultless__ly
fearlessness1545764f_earlessness
fecklessness2154484f_ecklessness
fencelessness1854074fencelessness
flawlessness1854124f_lawlessness
foodlessness1644744f_oodlessness
formlessness1744714f_ormlessness
fruitlessnesses1754894fruitlessnesses
futurelessness1761954futurelessness
guilelessness1453924guilelessness
hairlessness1545304ha_irlessness
haplessness1645664ha__plessness
harmlessness1745054ha_rmlessness
heartlessness1665174heartlessness
helplessness1754474_helplessness
houselessness15104924houselessness
landlessness1345714la_ndlessness
lawlessness1444894la__wlessness
limitlessness1553344limitlessness
listlessness1145824_listlessness
namelessness1445614na_melessness
painlessness1445444pa_inlessness
pathlessness1754904pa_thlessness
plotlessness1445084_plotlessness
pointlessness1554614pointlessness
raylessness1445114ra__ylessness
restlessness1146514_restlessness
rootlessness1245614_rootlessness
ruthlessness1554314_ruthlessness
saplessness1245984sa__plessness
selflessness1444594_selflessness
shiftlessness1854004shiftlessness
sightlessness1654154sightlessness
skillessness1554234skil_lessness
spotlessness1345324_spotlessness
stylelessness1553414stylelessness
tastelessness1254194tastelessness
uselessness1075994__uselessness
waterlessness1653854waterlessness
witlessness1446264__witlessness

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024695.43617480.5
3Display Results69690.0461500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691695.60831863.6
 
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