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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 “weightlessness” 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.

24 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
weightlessness216242(None) 
sightlessness1654152_sightlessness
witlessness1446263w_i__tlessness
deathlessness1754324death_lessness
faithlessness1953974faith_lessness
guiltlessness1453774gui_ltlessness
gutlessness1246014___gutlessness
heartlessness1665174he_artlessness
limitlessness1553344_limitlessness
listlessness1145824_li_stlessness
pointlessness1554614poi_ntlessness
relentlessness1452614relentlessness
resistlessness1282604resistlessness
restlessness1146514re__stlessness
shiftlessness1854004shi_ftlessness
sightlessnesses1755034_sightlessnesses
spiritlessness1582564spiritlessness
thoughtlessness2271334thoughtlessness
weightiness1843264weight___iness
weightinesses2052904weightiness_e_s
weightless1742714weightl____ess
weightlessly2251354weightless__ly
winglessness1654324w_i_nglessness
worthlessness1953654worth_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 Filter178691658740.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit65874244.06316213.1
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691244.18542698.0
 
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