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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 “meaninglessly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

50 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
meaninglessly19697(None) 
meaningless1452102meaningless__
brainlessly1652374bra_in_lessly
meaningfully216904meaning_fully
meaninglessness1881194meaninglessness
meaningly1546414meaning____ly
mercilessly1852174merci__lessly
mindlessly1643314m___indlessly
painlessly1542994_pa_in_lessly
reasonlessly1551424reason_lessly
stainlessly1452354sta_in_lessly
wearilessly1752164weari__lessly
aimlessly1443285__a_i_mlessly
ceaselessly1652435cea__selessly
changelessly2151635chan_gelessly
dauntlessly1552285_da_untlessly
deathlessly1852355dea__thlessly
emotionlessly1861175emotionlessly
endlessly1343705_e___ndlessly
faithlessly2052235_fa_ithlessly
fearlessly1643125fea___rlessly
heartlessly1742725hea__rtlessly
kindlessly1842875___kindlessly
manifestly1852205m_ani__festly
matchlessly2151885m_a_tchlessly
mealiness11310065mealin__ess__
mealinesses13310975mealin__esses
meaningful1651065meaning__ful_
meaningfulness2061345meaningfulness__
meanings11329165meaning___s__
meanness1037185mean_n__ess__
meannesses12128165mean_n__esses
meatiness11311185meatin__ess__
meatinesses13311985meatin__esses
meningeal1242495me_ning_e_al_
meninges1137435me_ning_e_s__
moaningly1535785moaning____ly
motionlessly1751545m_otionlessly
motivelessly2051595m_otivelessly
planlessly1542805pla__n_lessly
pointlessly1662945__pointlessly
relentlessly1561695re_lentlessly
resistlessly1571495re_sistlessly
seamlessly1543195sea___mlessly
senselessly1472615se_n_selessly
sinlessly1254205___sin_lessly
songlessly1443565___songlessly
spinelessly1652515__spinelessly
thanklessly2152095tha__nklessly
windlessly1743245___windlessly

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790509.45313201.1
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691509.62318569.2
 
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