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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 “hapless” 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.

66 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
hapless12331133(None) 
capless114312761capless
gapless10349991gapless
hatless103813441hatless
hipless12399921hipless
napless93110281napless
sapless93313441sapless
awless939262_awless
barless94317002barless
caplets114914522caplets
carless95118492carless
chadless1436402chadless
chaplets1556882chaplets
earless74316072earless
fatless103212202fatless
flapless1335342flapless
gasless8319012gasless
hailers104017262hailers
hairless1157412hairless
halers94926922ha_lers
hales85449842ha_le_s
halest94823272ha_lest
hallels103310132hallels
haltless11308442haltless
hamlets123211402hamlets
handless123512062handless
haoles94919802haole_s
haplessly1743182haplessly
haploses1338852haploses
haplosis1347092haplosis
happens14359172happens
haptens124511342haptens
harmless1337402harmless
harness102413932harness
haslets102510862haslets
haulers104012442haulers
headless12289862headless
heatless113011462heatless
helpless1335062helpless
hipness12277382hipness
hitless103211192hitless
hoopless13279262hoopless
hopeless13118302hopeless
hueless1058822hueless
humpless15226332humpless
jagless1537102jagless
jawless1745652jawless
lawless1037032lawless
lipless9259552lipless
manless93012932manless
maples104819422maple_s
matless93014042matless
oarless73913372oarless
rayless10239002rayless
shapeless1435572shapeless
shipless13277692shipless
snapless10287462snapless
soapless10278072soapless
tapeless10218642tapeless
taxless1436912taxless
thawless1434082thawless
tipless92610062tipless
topless92511122topless
warless104015102warless
wayless13308242wayless
zipless18276302zipless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671663.40631612.2
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.85946305.0
 
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