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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 “lidless” 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.

55 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
lidless830927(None) 
aidless83612071aidless
lipless9259551lipless
aimless93610812aimless
airless73712042airless
bedless1039702bedless
bibless11439172bibless
budless1038872budless
endless839832endless
finless102810782finless
godless938402godless
hideless12278712hideless
hipless12399922hipless
hitless103211192hitless
idlers74012812_idlers
idles66720122_idle_s
idlesse834192_idlesse
idlest74014862_idlest
kindless13289242kindless
kinless113310272kinless
ladlers84613572ladlers
ladles74619542ladle_s
landless94011172landless
lawless1037032lawless
leadless9248792leadless
legless838012legless
lifeless11228142lifeless
limbless12246312limbless
limeless10249662limeless
lineless82711942lineless
lintless82710012lintless
lioness739102lioness
lisles63416282lisle_s
listless8269262listless
lordless9277482lordless
midlegs1156322midlegs
mindless11319442mindless
ribless93410342ribless
ridleys11145782ridleys
rimless9369362rimless
rindless92510192rindless
rodless8310072rodless
sidlers83414232sidlers
sidles74721152sidle_s
sinless73014212sinless
slipless10246992slipless
slitless8268142slitless
tideless9269082tideless
tieless72512562tieless
tipless92610062tipless
wigless11359672wigless
windless123310862windless
winless103212282winless
witless103310982witless
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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671553.33032333.6
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691553.73347867.9
 
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