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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 “cowardliness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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47 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
cowardliness185200(None) 
towardliness1661531towardliness
cowardlinesses2052512cowardlinesses
comradeliness1861523comradeliness
courtliness1343903co_urtliness
cowardices1842373coward_ice_s
lordliness1144883lo__rdliness
towardlinesses1851913towardlinesses
carlines103521654c__ar_line_s
chariness14310064c_har__iness
cleanliness1343264clea_nliness
coarseness1246174co_ar_seness
coastlines12125334co_astline_s
comeliness1446994co__meliness
contrariness1455484contrariness
corallines1246554cora_lline_s
cordless11299964co__rdl__ess
corkiness152810444co__r_kiness
corniness112611184co__r_niness
costliness1245994co__stliness
cowardice1742424coward_ice__
curliness1138554c__ur_liness
dastardliness1561374dastardliness
deadliness12115894_dea_dliness
dowdiness1485694dow__d_iness
earliness939694__ear_liness
forwardness1853084forward__ness
frowardness1852894froward__ness
godliness1136594go___dliness
hardiness132310364__hard_iness
hoariness1238824ho_ar__iness
inwardness1443774inward__ness
jowliness1934854jow___liness
lowliness1236404low___liness
niggardliness1671014niggardliness
portliness1246834po__rtliness
rowdiness1396234row__d_iness
swarthiness1743384_swarthiness
tardiness10229924__tard_iness
unwariness1365884unwar__iness
unworldliness1761734unworldliness
upwardness1642654upward__ness
wardless12249304__wardl__ess
wariness11313214__war__iness
womanliness1643034woma_nliness
wordiness13138634__word_iness
worldliness1542494wo_rldliness

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790476.39319519.8
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691476.81326227.9
 
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