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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 “formlessness” 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.

32 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
formlessness174471(None) 
foodlessness1644742foodlessness
footlessness1545612footlessness
formlessnesses1856122formlessnesses
harmlessness1745052harmlessness
hornlessness1545162hornlessness
wordlessness1644712wordlessness
worklessness1954102worklessness
aimlessness1345673_aimlessness
airlessness1146263air_lessness
artlessness1146443_artlessness
bootlessness1445453bootlessness
carelessness1446543carelessness
effortlessness2061893effortlessness
facelessness1786053facelessness
fearlessness1545763fearlessness
fecklessness2154483fecklessness
flawlessness1854123flawlessness
godlessness1355433go_dlessness
homelessness1746103homelessness
hopelessness1745753hopelessness
joblessness2044813jo_blessness
joylessness2144293jo_ylessness
lovelessness1545733lovelessness
movelessness1745303movelessness
rootlessness1245613rootlessness
seamlessness1355903seamlessness
soullessness1145543soullessness
tirelessness1245933tirelessness
tonelessness1246243tonelessness
toplessness1345403to_plessness
worthlessness1953653worthlessness

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 Filter178691950240.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit95024324.43621421.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.79837242.8
 
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