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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 “uselessly” 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.

40 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
uselessly124345(None) 
agelessly1343462agelessly
sexlessly1943202_sexlessly
tunelessly1343242tunelessly
useless7188422useless__
aimlessly1443283aimlessly
artlessly1243833artlessly
carelessly1543963carelessly
ceaselessly1652433ceaselessly
costlessly1543713costlessly
endlessly1343713endlessly
fuseless11237233fuseless__
godlessly1443153godlessly
guilelessly1552223guilelessly
haplessly1743183haplessly
heedlessly1742773heedlessly
hopelessly1843083hopelessly
joylessly2242493joylessly
lawlessly1542813lawlessly
lifelessly1642873lifelessly
listlessly1343463listlessly
lovelessly1683173lovelessly
movelessly1883103movelessly
namelessly1542983namelessly
needlessly1442903needlessly
noiselessly1452483noiselessly
restlessly1344263restlessly
ruthlessly1652743ruthlessly
seamlessly1543203_seamlessly
selectly1346563_selectly
selflessly1642623_selflessly
senselessly1472613senselessly
sinlessly1254203sinlessly
tastelessly1452393tastelessly
timelessly1543443timelessly
tirelessly1343653tirelessly
tonelessly1343843tonelessly
viewlessly1952123viewlessly
wavelessly1942893wavelessly
witlessly1543743witlessly

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit148641408.87616746.4
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691409.46518879.1
 
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