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

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71 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
playfulnesses215364(None) 
lawfulnesses1844142_lawfulnesses
playfulness1953612playfulne_s_s
awfulnesses1744943__awfulnesses
balefulnesses1844853balefulnesses
fearfulnesses1945313fearfulnesses
gleefulnesses1764253gleefulnesses
joyfulnesses2553503_joyfulnesses
manfulnesses1745833_manfulnesses
painfulnesses18115143painfulnesses
peacefulnesses2154703peacefulnesses
pitifulnesses1855573pitifulnesses
prayerfulnesses2362403prayerfulnesses
pushfulnesses2153943pushfulnesses
tearfulnesses1645533tearfulnesses
unlawfulnesses2052983unlawfulnesses
artfulnesses1546644_artfulnesses
bashfulnesses2154184bashfulnesses
blissfulnesses1852834blissfulnesses
boastfulnesses1954034boastfulnesses
carefulnesses1845694carefulnesses
colorfulnesses1993834colorfulnesses
dolefulnesses1774844dolefulnesses
dreadfulnesses19193794dreadfulnesses
dreamfulnesses20183694dreamfulnesses
dutifulnesses1755114dutifulnesses
fatefulnesses1945994fatefulnesses
fitfulnesses1866024_fitfulnesses
fretfulnesses1945904fretfulnesses
fulnesses1239054____fulnesses
gainfulnesses17124614gainfulnesses
gracefulnesses20154914gracefulnesses
gratefulnesses18135414gratefulnesses
harmfulnesses2164304harmfulnesses
hatefulnesses1945804hatefulnesses
heedfulnesses20124104heedfulnesses
helpfulnesses2153544helpfulnesses
hopefulnesses2184594hopefulnesses
hurtfulnesses1954854hurtfulnesses
lawfulness1643854_lawfulne_s_s
lustfulnesses1655154lustfulnesses
mindfulnesses1954434mindfulnesses
needfulnesses17134094needfulnesses
palatialnesses1653384palatialnesses
placidnesses1743954pla_cidnesses
plainnesses1356204pla__innesses
planenesses1349034pla__nenesses
plentifulnesses2093174plentifulnesses
pridefulnesses2053894pridefulnesses
restfulnesses1646624restfulnesses
ruefulnesses1545934_ruefulnesses
ruthfulnesses1954944ruthfulnesses
shamefulnesses2253684shamefulnesses
sinfulnesses1546134_sinfulnesses
slothfulnesses2053464slothfulnesses
songfulnesses1754674songfulnesses
soulfulnesses1654554soulfulnesses
spitefulnesses1954414spitefulnesses
sportfulnesses1964174sportfulnesses
tactfulnesses1855264tactfulnesses
thankfulnesses2453094thankfulnesses
tunefulnesses1655134tunefulnesses
usefulnesses1545824_usefulnesses
wakefulnesses2354294wakefulnesses
wearifulnesses2054654wearifulnesses
willfulnesses1953884willfulnesses
wishfulnesses2254284wishfulnesses
wistfulnesses1955544wistfulnesses
woefulnesses1845344_woefulnesses
wrathfulnesses2354374wrathfulnesses
zestfulnesses2555004zestfulnesses

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024714.25022358.6
3Display Results71710.0461543.5
 (SQL Overall)178691714.65638378.7
 
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