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

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88 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
needlessnesses1411569(None) 
heedlessnesses17136221heedlessnesses
endlessnesses1356762_endlessnesses
headlessnesses17137062headlessnesses
needlessness1374682needlessne_s_s
agelessnesses1387633age_lessnesses
cheerlessnesses1954543cheerlessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
foodlessnesses1755763foodlessnesses
godlessnesses1446583_godlessnesses
heedlessness1685023heedlessne_s_s
helplessnesses1855803helplessnesses
landlessnesses1456683landlessnesses
mindlessnesses1686013mindlessnesses
namelessnesses1577053namelessnesses
nervelessnesses1754983nervelessnesses
recklessnesses1955843recklessnesses
restlessnesses1257233restlessnesses
seamlessnesses1446973seamlessnesses
selflessnesses15115993selflessnesses
sexlessnesses1846743_sexlessnesses
sleeplessnesses1554683sleeplessnesses
uselessnesses1147313use_lessnesses
wordlessnesses1775873wordlessnesses
aimlessnesses1487464_aimlessnesses
airlessnesses12118004_airlessnesses
artlessnesses1247674_artlessnesses
bloodlessnesses1764324bloodlessnesses
bootlessnesses1556454bootlessnesses
boundlessnesses1774924boundlessnesses
carelessnesses1547724carelessnesses
ceaselessnesses1596164ceaselessnesses
childlessnesses20104944childlessnesses
cloudlessnesses1764874cloudlessnesses
deathlessnesses1885174deathlessnesses
dreamlessnesses17104534dreamlessnesses
endlessness1245484_endlessne_s_s
facelessnesses1847324facelessnesses
feeblenesses1745544feeble__nesses
fencelessnesses1995354fencelessnesses
flawlessnesses1975454flawlessnesses
footlessnesses1656564footlessnesses
formlessnesses1856124formlessnesses
gutlessnesses1346944_gutlessnesses
hairlessnesses16126634hairlessnesses
haplessnesses1747254_haplessnesses
harmlessnesses1876414harmlessnesses
headlessness16105964headlessne_s_s
heartlessnesses1765774heartlessnesses
homelessnesses18137474homelessnesses
hopelessnesses18147014hopelessnesses
hornlessnesses1656274hornlessnesses
joblessnesses2155994_joblessnesses
joylessnesses2255644_joylessnesses
lawlessnesses1546384_lawlessnesses
lifelessnesses1646654lifelessnesses
listlessnesses1266934listlessnesses
lovelessnesses1646994lovelessnesses
mercilessnesses18104534mercilessnesses
movelessnesses1846744movelessnesses
nebulousnesses1665194nebulousnesses
needfulnesses17134094need_fulnesses
needinesses1258104need___inesses
painlessnesses1546744painlessnesses
pathlessnesses1855954pathlessnesses
pitilessnesses1575754pitilessnesses
planlessnesses1576304planlessnesses
plotlessnesses1556094plotlessnesses
powerlessnesses1954494powerlessnesses
raylessnesses1546504_raylessnesses
rootlessnesses1346604rootlessnesses
ruthlessnesses1665384ruthlessnesses
saplessnesses1347274_saplessnesses
senselessnesses055704senselessnesses
sinlessnesses1157984_sinlessnesses
skillessnesses1655614skillessnesses
soullessnesses1296504soullessnesses
spotlessnesses1456274spotlessnesses
tactlessnesses1546554tactlessnesses
timelessnesses1547024timelessnesses
tirelessnesses1357014tirelessnesses
tonelessnesses13137654tonelessnesses
toplessnesses1446584_toplessnesses
waterlessnesses1754724waterlessnesses
winglessnesses1765464winglessnesses
witlessnesses1547234_witlessnesses
worklessnesses20125484worklessnesses

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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874883.50018821.1
3Display Results88880.0631396.8
 (SQL Overall)178691883.89345900.6
 
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