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

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

30 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
painlessly154300(None) 
aimlessly1443282_aimlessly
brainlessly1652372brainlessly
painless10108342painless__
planlessly1542812planlessly
pointlessly1662942pointlessly
sinlessly1254202_sinlessly
stainlessly1452352stainlessly
agelessly1343463_agelessly
artlessly1243833_artlessly
carelessly1543963carelessly
dauntlessly1552283dauntlessly
faithlessly2052233faithlessly
gainless9117403gainless__
haplessly1743183ha_plessly
harmlessly1842783harmlessly
kindlessly1842873_kindlessly
lawlessly1542813la_wlessly
mindlessly1643313_mindlessly
namelessly1542983namelessly
painterly1443313painte_rly
pitilessly1542883pitilessly
placelessly1852203placelessly
pricelessly1852473pricelessly
rainless8129703rainless__
spinelessly1652513spinelessly
tactlessly1553363tactlessly
wavelessly1942893wavelessly
windlessly1743243_windlessly
witlessly1543743_witlessly

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.61021271.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.03225411.1
 
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