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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 “meatless” 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.

51 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
meatless10341086(None) 
beatless103311591beatless
heatless113011461heatless
matless93014041m_atless
mealless10288361mealless
seatless83213001seatless
beakless14297382beakless
beamless12327002beamless
beltless10297712beltless
coatless1039692coatless
deathless1335222deathless
debtless1135652debtless
earless74316072_earless
fatless103212202_fatless
fearless1137872fearless
feastless1235042feastless
feetless1137382feetless
gearless937372gearless
hatless103813442_hatless
headless12289862headless
heartless1236392heartless
heathless1535592heathless
leadless9248792leadless
leafless11246572leafless
leakless12246982leakless
manless93012932m_anless
mastless102610022mastless
mateless102711292m_ateless
meanness1037182meanness
measles92412752measle_s
meatiest102816792meatiest
meatiness11311182meatiness
meatuses1038202meatuses
meetness1036652meetness
meritless1144592meritless
mettles94115022mettle_s
neatness839152neatness
netless739862ne_tless
peakless14236682peakless
peltless10267372peltless
pleatless1134612pleatless
restless82713162restless
seamless10238722seamless
tearless848712tearless
tentless8229842tentless
textless15245792textless
ventless11249052ventless
vestless11258842vestless
wheatless1534002wheatless
yeastless1234052yeastless
zestless17247432zestless

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059513.72032542.7
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691513.87646101.9
 
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