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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 “formlessly” 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.

31 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
formlessly184295(None) 
footlessly1663312footlessly
formless13248082formless__
harmlessly1842782harmlessly
wordlessly1742842wordlessly
aimlessly1443283_aimlessly
artlessly1243833_artlessly
bootlessly1553423bootlessly
carelessly1543963carelessly
costlessly1543713costlessly
effortlessly2161183effortlessly
fearlessly1643133fearlessly
fecklessly2282653fecklessly
flawlessly1952283flawlessly
foamless13195843foamless__
fordless12289003fordless__
forkless15267433forkless__
formerly1645003form_e_rly
godlessly1443153go_dlessly
gormless11235443gormless__
hopelessly1843083hopelessly
joylessly2242493jo_ylessly
lovelessly1683173lovelessly
movelessly1883103movelessly
normless10235923normless__
seamlessly1543203seamlessly
songlessly1443563songlessly
soullessly1343053soullessly
tirelessly1343653tirelessly
tonelessly1343843tonelessly
worthlessly2052363worthlessly

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 Filter1786911406030.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit140603315.93623686.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.42227824.8
 
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