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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 “costless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

44 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
costless1031000(None) 
coatless1039691coatless
boltless10338282boltless
bootless103410982bootless
cashless1336772cashless
castles94917732castle_s
coalless1038192coalless
codeless112010112codeless
cookless14258632cookless
cordless11299962cordless
coreless103013832coreless
cosiness103214282cosiness
costers94128342cost_ers
costlessly1543712costlessly
costliest1138562costliest
costliness1245992costliness
costrels1038932costrels
countless1146372countless
coxless1637742co_xless
crestless1146782crestless
crustless1155402crustless
dustless9328352dustless
footless113710802footless
frostless1235742frostless
gustless9287682gustless
hostess103210242host_ess
hostlers113310482hostlers
jostlers15357682jostlers
jostles143411142jostle_s
listless8269262listless
loftless1135902loftless
lossless835472lossless
lostness837682lostness
mastless102610022mastless
noseless839512noseless
ostlers72911202_ostlers
pastless102411202pastless
poetless1038722poetless
portless10310642portless
restless82713162restless
rootless83910442rootless
rustless83510242rustless
vestless11258842vestless
zestless17247432zestless

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 Filter1786911210590.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit121059443.93630756.9
3Display Results44440.0331333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691444.76537500.7
 
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