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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 “sandless” 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.

48 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
sandless9321234(None) 
handless123512061handless
landless94011171landless
aidless83612072_aidless
bondless1148812bondless
brandless1236132brandless
candlers114214102candlers
candles104422342candle_s
dandlers103912052dandlers
dandles94218532dandle_s
endless839832_endless
fangless1237662fangless
glandless1134162glandless
handlers124014142handlers
handles114020652handle_s
kindless13289242kindless
landlers94312832landlers
maneless102812342maneless
manless93012932man_less
mindless11319442mindless
paneless102611772paneless
rankless12268242rankless
rindless92510202rindless
saddlers10289752saddlers
saddles95415742saddle_s
sadness8310612sa_dness
sailless82410372sailless
saltless8259342saltless
sanders84025942sand_ers
sandglass1143722sandglass
sandiest93218692sandiest
sandiness102111712sandiness
sandlots938292sandlots
saneness82313722saneness
sapless93313442sa_pless
sashless1136602sashless
seedless9319512seedless
sinless73014212sin_less
snapless10287462snapless
songless9218822songless
sonless72612612son_less
soundless1035532soundless
spanless10247362span_less
sundress936982sundress
sunless73013692sun_less
tankless12267822tankless
wardless12249302wardless
windless123310862windless

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059483.50334558.7
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691483.92245561.2
 
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