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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 “hopelessnesses” 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.

41 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
hopelessnesses1814701(None) 
homelessnesses18137471homelessnesses
haplessnesses1747252hap_lessnesses
hopelessness1745752hopelessne_s_s
hornlessnesses1656272hornlessnesses
houselessnesses1665672houselessnesses
lovelessnesses1646992lovelessnesses
movelessnesses1846742movelessnesses
shapelessnesses18156292shapelessnesses
tonelessnesses13137652tonelessnesses
toplessnesses1446582top_lessnesses
agelessnesses1387623_agelessnesses
bootlessnesses1556453bootlessnesses
carelessnesses1547723carelessnesses
facelessnesses1847323facelessnesses
foodlessnesses1755763foodlessnesses
footlessnesses1656563footlessnesses
formlessnesses1856123formlessnesses
godlessnesses1446583go_dlessnesses
hairlessnesses16126633hairlessnesses
harmlessnesses1876413harmlessnesses
headlessnesses17137063headlessnesses
heedlessnesses17136223heedlessnesses
helplessnesses1855803helplessnesses
homelessness1746103homelessne_s_s
joblessnesses2155993jo_blessnesses
joylessnesses2255643jo_ylessnesses
lifelessnesses1646653lifelessnesses
namelessnesses1577053namelessnesses
powerlessnesses1954493powerlessnesses
rootlessnesses1346603rootlessnesses
saplessnesses1347273sap_lessnesses
shamelessnesses18186513shamelessnesses
soullessnesses1296503soullessnesses
spotlessnesses1456273spotlessnesses
timelessnesses1547023timelessnesses
tirelessnesses1357013tirelessnesses
uselessnesses1147313_uselessnesses
voicelessnesses1955313voicelessnesses
wordlessnesses1775873wordlessnesses
worklessnesses20125483worklessnesses

Search took 2 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 Filter178691435480.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit43548411.50029032.0
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691411.79699493.9
 
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