Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sleeplessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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67 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
sleeplessness	14	5	355	(None)
sleeplessnesses	15	5	468	2	sleeplessnesses
cheerlessness	18	5	370	3	cheerlessness
heedlessness	16	8	502	3	_heedlessness
helplessness	17	5	447	3	_helplessness
needlessness	13	7	468	3	_needlessness
saplessness	12	4	598	3	s__aplessness
seamlessness	13	5	590	3	s_eamlessness
selflessness	14	4	459	3	s_elflessness
sexlessness	17	4	531	3	s__exlessness
shapelessness	17	5	496	3	shapelessness
speechlessness	20	8	160	3	speechlessness
agelessness	12	4	607	4	_age_lessness
blamelessness	17	5	454	4	blamelessness
bloodlessness	16	5	350	4	bloodlessness
carelessness	14	4	654	4	care_lessness
classlessness	13	5	373	4	classlessness
cloudlessness	16	5	384	4	cloudlessness
dreamlessness	16	7	381	4	dreamlessness
endlessness	12	4	548	4	__endlessness
facelessness	17	8	605	4	face_lessness
fearlessness	15	4	576	4	_fearlessness
fecklessness	21	5	448	4	_fecklessness
flawlessness	18	5	412	4	fl_awlessness
haplessness	16	4	566	4	__haplessness
headlessness	16	10	596	4	_headlessness
homelessness	17	4	610	4	home_lessness
hopelessness	17	4	575	4	hope_lessness
landlessness	13	4	571	4	_landlessness
lawlessness	14	4	489	4	_l_awlessness
lifelessness	15	4	529	4	_lifelessness
listlessness	11	4	582	4	_listlessness
lovelessness	15	4	573	4	_lovelessness
movelessness	17	4	530	4	move_lessness
namelessness	14	4	561	4	name_lessness
planlessness	14	4	499	4	pl_anlessness
plotlessness	14	4	508	4	pl_otlessness
powerlessness	18	5	319	4	powerlessness
recklessness	18	5	465	4	_recklessness
relentlessness	14	5	261	4	relentlessness
restlessness	11	4	651	4	_restlessness
senselessness	11	5	473	4	senselessness
shamelessness	17	5	496	4	shamelessness
sheepishness	20	5	293	4	sheep_ishness
shiftlessness	18	5	400	4	shiftlessness
sightlessness	16	5	415	4	sightlessness
sinlessness	10	4	672	4	s__inlessness
skillessness	15	5	423	4	s_killessness
sleeknesses	15	4	527	4	sleekness_e_s
sleepiness	12	4	513	4	sleep___iness
sleepinesses	14	4	567	4	sleepiness_e_s
sleepless	11	4	455	4	sleepl____ess
sleeplessly	16	5	222	4	sleepless__ly
soullessness	11	4	554	4	s_oullessness
spinelessness	14	5	440	4	spinelessness
spotlessness	13	4	532	4	s_potlessness
statelessness	12	5	514	4	statelessness
steepnesses	13	4	592	4	steepness_e_s
stresslessness	0	6	177	4	stresslessness
stylelessness	15	5	341	4	stylelessness
timelessness	14	4	578	4	time_lessness
tirelessness	12	4	593	4	tire_lessness
tonelessness	12	4	624	4	tone_lessness
toplessness	13	4	540	4	__toplessness
uselessness	10	7	599	4	_use_lessness
valuelessness	16	5	345	4	value_lessness
waterlessness	16	5	385	4	waterlessness

Search took 6 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	95024	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	67	5.030	18891.5
3	Display Results	67	67	0.046	1456.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	5.452	32775.3