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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 “foodlessness” 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.

37 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
foodlessness164474(None) 
footlessness1545611footlessness
bloodlessness1653502bloodlessness
bootlessness1445452bootlessness
foodlessnesses1755762foodlessnesses
formlessness1744712formlessness
godlessness1355432_godlessness
rootlessness1245612rootlessness
wordlessness1644712wordlessness
boundlessness1654043boundlessness
cloudlessness1653843cloudlessness
colorlessness1553903colorlessness
endlessness1245483_endlessness
facelessness1786053facelessness
fearlessness1545763fearlessness
fecklessness2154483fecklessness
flawlessness1854123flawlessness
foolishness1744493foo_lishness
footlessnesses1656563footlessnesses
headlessness16105963headlessness
heedlessness1685023heedlessness
homelessness1746103homelessness
hopelessness1745753hopelessness
hornlessness1545163hornlessness
joblessness2044813_joblessness
joylessness2144293_joylessness
landlessness1345713landlessness
lovelessness1545733lovelessness
mindlessness1554853mindlessness
movelessness1745303movelessness
needlessness1374683needlessness
plotlessness1445083plotlessness
soullessness1145543soullessness
spotlessness1345323spotlessness
tonelessness1246243tonelessness
toplessness1345403_toplessness
worklessness1954103worklessness

Search took 10 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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024379.40310105.7
3Display Results37370.0331121.2
 (SQL Overall)178691379.81218211.5
 
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