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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 “inwardness” 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.

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
inwardness144377(None) 
inwardnesses1654672inwardnesses
unwariness1365882unwariness
upwardness1642652upwardness
awareness1236343_awareness
awkwardness2251693awkwardness
downwardness2061843downwardness
dwarfness1642793_dwarfness
forwardness1853083forwardness
frowardness1852893frowardness
hardness122411083__hardness
inaneness948383in_aneness
inaptness1144333in_aptness
inertness947973in_ertness
innateness1046893innateness
innerness946913inner_ness
insaneness1046493insaneness
intactness1244313intactness
inverness1247133inver_ness
inwards1138343inward___s
nearness838313_near_ness
outwardness1552803outwardness
swartness1236113_swartness
unawareness1453693unawareness
unharness1245253unhar_ness
untowardness1652423untowardness
wardless12249303__wardless
wardress12256163__wardress
wariness11313213__wariness
warmness1337063__warmness
waywardness2151823waywardness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603315.61025062.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691316.03029633.7
 
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