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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
fickleness194366(None) 
facileness1545502facileness
ficklenesses2144152ficklenesses
sickliness1645002sickliness
dickenses1645073dick_enses
feckless17225783feckl__ess
fecklessness2154483fecklessness
feebleness1544893feebleness
femaleness1545763femaleness
ficklest17267903fickl__est
fictiveness1946313fictiveness
fierceness1543793fierceness
fineness11310643fi__neness
finiteness1347113finiteness
futileness1346133futileness
ickiness1436753_ick_iness
idleness936843_i_dleness
likeness12229863li_k_eness
littleness1045023littleness
niceness1039843nic__eness
nimbleness1445593nimbleness
pickiness1737623pick_iness
prickliness1943903prickliness
sickeners1535733sick_eners
sickness1437833sick__ness
simpleness1445173simpleness
singleness1145733singleness
vileness1139983vi__leness
wickedness2043073wickedness
wickless1736083wickl__ess

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603305.90623806.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.35828104.9
 
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