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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 “windlessly” 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.

37 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
windlessly174324(None) 
kindlessly1842871kindlessly
mindlessly1643311mindlessly
endlessly1343702_endlessly
sinlessly1254202sin_lessly
windless123310862windless__
witlessly1543742wi_tlessly
wordlessly1742832wordlessly
aimlessly1443283ai_mlessly
boundlessly1752333boundlessly
godlessly1443153_godlessly
heedlessly1742763heedlessly
kindless13289243kindless__
lifelessly1642873lifelessly
listlessly1343463listlessly
mindless11319443mindless__
needlessly1442893needlessly
painlessly1542993pain_lessly
pitilessly1542873pitilessly
pointlessly1662943pointlessly
rindless92510193rindless__
songlessly1443563songlessly
soundlessly1552483soundlessly
spinelessly1652513spinelessly
timelessly1543443timelessly
tirelessly1343643tirelessly
tonelessly1343843tonelessly
tunelessly1343243tunelessly
viewlessly1952123viewlessly
wavelessly1942893wavelessly
windlass12266083windlass__
windlassed1552033windlassed
windlasses1443053windlasses
windles113518493windle_s__
wineless112711173wineless__
wingless122910023wingless__
winless103212283win_less__

Search took 7 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 Limit140603376.12322963.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.29528386.2
 
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