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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 “thoughtlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
thoughtlessness227133(None) 
doubtlessness1654074_dou_btlessness
houselessness15104924_hou_selessness
sightlessness1654154__sightlessness
thoughtfulness2481624thought_fulness
thoughtless1851694thoughtl____ess
thoughtlessly236974thoughtless__ly
thriftlessness2062254th_riftlessness
weightlessness2162424_weightlessness
bootlessness1445455_bo__otlessness
boundlessness1654045_bou_ndlessness
changelessness2062775chang_elessness
cloudlessness1653845clou__dlessness
dauntlessness1453775_dau_ntlessness
exhaustlessness2461085exhau_stlessness
faultlessness1653945_fau_ltlessness
footlessness1545615_fo__otlessness
fruitlessness1654195_fru_itlessness
groundlessness16102595grou_ndlessness
guiltlessness1453775__guiltlessness
gutlessness1246015____gutlessness
heartlessness1665175_h_eartlessness
homelessness1746105_ho__melessness
hopelessness1745755_ho__pelessness
hornlessness1545165_ho__rnlessness
humorlessness1853165_h_umorlessness
plotlessness1445085plo___tlessness
pointlessness1554615_po_intlessness
rootlessness1245615_ro__otlessness
ruthlessness1554315__ruth_lessness
shiftlessness1854005sh__iftlessness
soullessness1145545_sou__llessness
spotlessness1345325spo___tlessness
tactlessness1445415t___actlessness
thanklessness2053835th__anklessness
tonelessness1246245t_o__nelessness
toplessness1345405t_o___plessness
toughnesses15104485t_ough_ness_e_s
worthlessness1953655_worth_lessness

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 Filter178691658740.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit65874393.86017065.8
3Display Results39390.0301300.0
 (SQL Overall)178691394.00044672.8
 
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