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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 “heartless” 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.

31 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
heartless123639(None) 
heatless113011461hea_tless
artless73712512__artless
beardless1234912beardless
beatless103311592bea_tless
chartless1435702chartless
earless74316072_ear_less
fearless1137872fear_less
feastless1235042feastless
gearless937372gear_less
haltless11308442h_altless
harmless1337402h_armless
hatless103813442h_a_tless
headless12289862hea_dless
heartens113010152heart_ens
hearties11315422heartie_s
heartiest12311102heartiest
heartiness1338032heartiness
heartlessly1742732heartlessly
heathless1535592heathless
heirless1146052heir_less
herbless1336662he_rbless
hurtless11307782h_urtless
meatless103410862mea_tless
peartness1137772peartness
seatless83213002sea_tless
tearless848712tear_less
wartless11279922_wartless
weariless1234762weariless
wheatless1534002whea_tless
yeastless1234052yeastless

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214361.000178691.0
2DLD Change Limit121436314.90624752.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691315.92230174.1
 
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