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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 “haplessnesses” 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.

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
haplessnesses174725(None) 
saplessnesses1347271saplessnesses
hairlessnesses16126632hairlessnesses
haplessness1645662haplessne_s_s
harmlessnesses1876412harmlessnesses
headlessnesses17137062headlessnesses
helplessnesses1855802helplessnesses
hopelessnesses18147012hopelessnesses
lawlessnesses1546382lawlessnesses
raylessnesses1546502raylessnesses
shapelessnesses18156292shapelessnesses
toplessnesses1446582toplessnesses
agelessnesses1387623agelessnesses
aimlessnesses1487463aimlessnesses
airlessnesses12117993airlessnesses
artlessnesses1247663artlessnesses
carelessnesses1547723carelessnesses
endlessnesses1356763endlessnesses
facelessnesses1847323facelessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
flawlessnesses1975453flawlessnesses
godlessnesses1446583godlessnesses
gutlessnesses1346943gutlessnesses
halenesses13312043ha_le__nesses
heartlessnesses1765773heartlessnesses
heedlessnesses17136223heedlessnesses
homelessnesses18137473homelessnesses
hornlessnesses1656273hornlessnesses
joblessnesses2155993joblessnesses
joylessnesses2255643joylessnesses
landlessnesses1456683landlessnesses
namelessnesses1577053namelessnesses
painlessnesses1546743painlessnesses
pathlessnesses1855953pathlessnesses
planlessnesses1576303planlessnesses
saplessness1245983saplessne_s_s
seamlessnesses1446973seamlessnesses
sexlessnesses1846743sexlessnesses
shamelessnesses18186513shamelessnesses
sinlessnesses1157983sinlessnesses
tactlessnesses1546553tactlessnesses
thanklessnesses2154803thanklessnesses
uselessnesses1147313uselessnesses
witlessnesses1547233witlessnesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874442.29628690.8
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691442.65667278.2
 
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