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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 “regardless” 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.

33 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
regardless125289(None) 
beardless1234912be_ardless
irregardless146782irregardless
regardlessly1751252regardlessly
begirdles1342493begirdle_s
breadless1235943bre_a_dless
earless74316073_e_ar_less
fearless1137873fe_ar_less
garbless11388253__garbless
gearless937373ge_ar_less
headless12289863he_a_dless
heartless1236393he_artless
leadless9248793le_a_dless
readdress1143823re_address
regalers94311133rega__lers
regales83520793rega__le_s
regalness1045473rega_lness
regarded11279803regard_e_d
regardfulness1862893regardfulness
regards94112563regard___s
regrades103212173regrad_e_s
regress82711453reg_r__ess
rehandles1345593rehandle_s
rehardens13104673rehard_ens
resaddles11114693resaddle_s
retarders10227573retard_ers
rewarders13226453reward_ers
roadless937703r_oa_dless
sugarless1043673sugar_less
tearless848713te_ar_less
treadless1036003tre_a_dless
wardless12249303__wardless
weariless1234763we_ariless

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603336.56321423.6
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.00225520.0
 
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