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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 “gateless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

44 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
gateless927995(None) 
dateless9259961dateless
grateless10277581grateless
mateless102711291mateless
ageless8310342_ageless
aweless1038722_aweless
baseless1099562baseless
bathless13127382bathless
careless102813632careless
cateress102311612cateress
faceless13269172faceless
fadeless12258322fadeless
fameless13259202fameless
fatless103212202fat_less
gainless9117412gainless
gameness112810692gameness
gapless10349992ga_pless
garbless11388252garbless
gasless8319012ga_sless
graceless12226892graceless
gradeless11236702gradeless
graveless13226692graveless
gutless82610712gut_less
hatless103813442hat_less
laceless10239852laceless
lateness82614072lateness
maneless102812342maneless
matless93014042mat_less
nameless10248372nameless
natheless1244962natheless
nathless11127022nathless
noteless839402noteless
paneless102611772paneless
pathless13138042pathless
stateless937562stateless
tameless10259902tameless
tapeless10218642tapeless
tasteless935672tasteless
voteless1137492voteless
wageless1237172wageless
wakeless1536472wakeless
waterless1238012waterless
wattless11268722wattless
waveless1437482waveless

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059443.59333693.0
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.99944683.9
 
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