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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 “starless” 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.

50 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
starless8161084(None) 
scarless10189051scarless
stairless9185621stairless
starlets81610081starlets
barless94317002_barless
carless95118492_carless
earless74316072_earless
fearless1137872fearless
gearless937372gearless
oarless73913372_oarless
sapless93313442s_apless
scarlets10178572scarlets
seamless10238722seamless
seatless83213002seatless
snapless10287462snapless
snarlers8298752snarlers
soapless10278072soapless
spanless10247362spanless
stablers103611152stablers
stables93219072stable_s
stablest103312942stablest
stackless1555932stackless
stainless9176492stainless
stales65538292sta_le_s
stalest73720172sta_lest
stalkless1333722stalkless
stampless1334542stampless
staplers103111202staplers
staples93617212staple_s
starers74522312star_ers
stares66038752star_e_s
starets73515922star_ets
starkers123712392starkers
starkest1239722starkest
starkness1335962starkness
starlet71620122starle_t
starters83714772starters
startlers9236742startlers
startles82111962startle_s
starvers11459642starvers
starves104614552starve_s
stateless937562stateless
stemless1036652stemless
sterlets8169272sterlets
strapless1135792strapless
stress66616672st_r_ess
sugarless1043672sugarless
taxless1436912_taxless
tearless848712tearless
warless104015102_warless

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059503.81331749.0
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691504.21642384.0
 
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