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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 “villainess” 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.

26 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
villainess134384(None) 
hilliness1248922hill_iness
silliness9510362sill_iness
villainesses1543512villainesses
villainies1344112villainies
villainous1352552villainous
villains1138002villain__s
chilliness1555313chill_iness
filminess1435983fi_lminess
filthiness1643713filthiness
illness736473_ill__ness
jolliness1636213joll_iness
milkiness1536523mi_lkiness
milliners11289953mill_iners
millines102718063mill_ine_s
oiliness8311563oi_l_iness
pillarless1242543pillarless
silkiness1337253si_lkiness
vileness1139983vi_l_eness
villagers13296153villa_gers
villages123010603villa_ge_s
villain1038473villain___
villainy1444873villain__y
villeins1136043villein__s
vitalness1245413vi_talness
wiliness1139113wi_l_iness

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603265.14027354.7
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.31233639.1
 
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