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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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107 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
spotlessness134532(None) 
bootlessness1445452bootlessness
footlessness1545612footlessness
plotlessness1445082plotlessness
rootlessness1245612rootlessness
spotlessnesses1456272spotlessnesses
artlessness1146433_artlessness
foodlessness1644743foodlessness
godlessness1355433_godlessness
gutlessness1246013_gutlessness
hopelessness1745753hopelessness
joblessness2044813_joblessness
joylessness2144293_joylessness
listlessness1145823listlessness
pathlessness1754903_pathlessness
pitilessness1474523_pitilessness
pointlessness1554613_pointlessness
restlessness1146513restlessness
saplessness1245983s_aplessness
seamlessness1355903seamlessness
selflessness1444593selflessness
sexlessness1745313s_exlessness
shiftlessness1854003shiftlessness
sightlessness1654153sightlessness
sinlessness1046723s_inlessness
skillessness1554233skillessness
soullessness1145543soullessness
spinelessness1454403spinelessness
spiritlessness1582563spiritlessness
statelessness1255143statelessness
tactlessness1445413tactlessness
toplessness1345403_toplessness
witlessness1446263_witlessness
agelessness1246074_agelessness
aimlessness1345674_aimlessness
airlessness1146254_airlessness
bloodlessness1653504bloodlessness
bootlessnesses1556454bootlessnesses
carelessness1446544carelessness
cloudlessness1653844cloudlessness
colorlessness1553904colorlessness
dauntlessness1453774dauntlessness
deathlessness1754324deathlessness
doubtlessness1654074doubtlessness
effortlessness2061894effortlessness
endlessness1245484_endlessness
facelessness1786054facelessness
faithlessness1953974faithlessness
faultlessness1653944faultlessness
fearlessness1545764fearlessness
fecklessness2154484fecklessness
flawlessness1854124flawlessness
footlessnesses1656564footlessnesses
formlessness1744714formlessness
fruitlessness1654194fruitlessness
guiltlessness1453774guiltlessness
hairlessness1545304hairlessness
haplessness1645664_haplessness
harmlessness1745054harmlessness
headlessness16105964headlessness
heartlessness1665174heartlessness
heedlessness1685024heedlessness
helplessness1754474helplessness
homelessness1746104homelessness
hornlessness1545164hornlessness
humorlessness1853164humorlessness
landlessness1345714landlessness
lawlessness1444894_lawlessness
lifelessness1545294lifelessness
limitlessness1553344limitlessness
lovelessness1545734lovelessness
mindlessness1554854mindlessness
movelessness1745304movelessness
namelessness1445614namelessness
needlessness1374684needlessness
painlessness1445444painlessness
planlessness1444994planlessness
plotlessnesses1556094plotlessnesses
powerlessness1853194_powerlessness
raylessness1445114_raylessness
recklessness1854654recklessness
resistlessness1282604resistlessness
rootlessnesses1346604rootlessnesses
ruthlessness1554314ruthlessness
senselessness1154734senselessness
shamelessness1754964shamelessness
shapelessness1754964shapelessness
sleeplessness1453554sleeplessness
solemnness1243214s_o_lemnness
soleness8814264s_o_le__ness
sottishness1444434s_ottishness
speechlessness2081604speechlessness
spotless1037044spotl____ess
spotlessly1543144spotless__ly
spottiness1285764spot__tiness
stressless942764s__tressless
stylelessness1553414stylelessness
subtleness1245444subtle__ness
tastelessness1254194tastelessness
timelessness1445784timelessness
tirelessness1245934tirelessness
tonelessness1246244tonelessness
uselessness1075994_uselessness
winglessness1654324winglessness
wordlessness1644714wordlessness
worklessness1954104worklessness
worthlessness1953654worthlessness

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 Filter1786911247900.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1247901076.65618748.5
3Display Results1071070.0761407.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911077.10825139.4
 
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