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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 “spiritless” 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.

43 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
spiritless124374(None) 
shirtless12266412shir_tless
skirtless13254422skir_tless
spiritlessly1751742spiritlessly
limitless1142943_limitless
meritless1144593_meritless
pilotless1143993_pilotless
pitiless10127333_piti_less
portless10310643_por_tless
printless1137513_printless
shiftless15265303shi_ftless
shitless11249243s__hitless
sightless1385923s_ightless
slitless8268143s__litless
spiceless1335923spi_celess
spiciness1347053spici_ness
spikiness1536313spiki_ness
spineless1136133spi_neless
spininess1137963spini_ness
spinless10238703sp__inless
spiracles1345663spiracle_s
spiriest102513453spiri__est
spirited1148973spirit_e_d
spiritedness1553783spiritedness
spiritism1345553spirit_ism
spiritisms1444853spiritisms
spiritist1148093spirit_ist
spiritists1244793spiritists
spiritoso1142283spirit_oso
spiritous1155023spirit_ous
spirits94112623spirit___s
spiritualness1562693spiritualness
spirituals1253553spirituals
spirituel1143213spiritue_l
spirituous1252853spirituous
spittles1038333spi_ttle_s
sportiness1278233sportiness
spotless1037043sp__otless
spoutless1134243sp_outless
sprites94220333sp_rit_e_s
spritzers2043903sp_ritzers
spritzes1946943sp_ritze_s
spurtles1037783spur_tle_s

Search took 7 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 Limit140603436.54621479.2
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691436.96825644.5
 
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