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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forfriendless” 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
friendless144254(None) 
friendlies1442932friendlies
friendliest1552262friendliest
friendliness1651952friendliness
rindless92510192_ri_ndless
brandless1236123br_andless
breadless1235943br_eadless
briefless1443613brie_fless
brindles113710223bri_ndle_s
brineless1136243bri_neless
clientless1272493clientless
endless839833___endless
finless102810783f_i_n_less
fireless112810593fire__less
freeness11710443freen__ess
fretless1138063fr_e_tless
friended1335033friend_e_d
friendlier1441823friendlier
friendlily1751293friendlily
friendly1544383friendl__y
friends11396743friend___s
frigidness1543113frigidness
frontless1235403fr_ontless
greedless1144893gr_eedless
groundless1243473groundless
kindless13289243_ki_ndless
mindless11319443_mi_ndless
printless1137513pri_ntless
reinless8139433_rein_less
treadless1036003tr_eadless
trindles93211683tri_ndle_s
windless123310863_wi_ndless

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603325.61025062.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.03229623.8