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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 “listless” 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.

46 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
listless826926(None) 
lintless82710011lintless
blissless1142632blissless
costless10310002costless
distress9311712distress
dustless9328352dustless
fishless1436412fishless
giftless1245172giftless
gustless9287682gustless
hiltless11297122hiltless
hitless103211192hi_tless
istles62814982_istle_s
lidless8309272li_dless
lifeless11228142lifeless
lightless1386072lightless
limbless12246312limbless
limeless10249662limeless
limitless1142942limitless
lineless82711942lineless
lipless9259552li_pless
lisles63416282lis_le_s
listees73416672list_ees
listels74212432list_els
listens74014132list_ens
listers74026532list_ers
listlessly1343462listlessly
littles73212782little_s
littlest8309242littlest
loftless1135902loftless
lossless835472lossless
lostness837682lostness
mastless102610022mastless
mistress10310702mistress
pastless102411202pastless
restless82713162restless
riftless1136942riftless
riskless1235762riskless
rustless83510242rustless
slitless8268142sli_tless
tintless8239862tintless
vestless11258842vestless
vistaless1254572vistaless
waistless1235092waistless
wishless1435992wishless
witless103310982wi_tless
zestless17247432zestless

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059466.80017802.8
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691467.23324705.0
 
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