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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 “dolefulness” 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
dolefulness154488(None) 
balefulness1645012balefulness
dolefullest1552722dolefullest
dolefulnesses1774842dolefulnesses
hopefulness1954872hopefulness
woefulness1645262wo_efulness
carefulness1645963carefulness
colorfulness1753823colorfulness
dolefuller1451913dolefulle_r
doubtfulness1853683doubtfulness
dutifulness1555083dutifulness
fatefulness1746013fatefulness
forcefulness2054453forcefulness
gleefulness1554063gleefulness
guilefulness1653723guilefulness
hatefulness1745963hatefulness
helpfulness1953483helpfulness
joyfulness2343203jo_yfulness
ruefulness1346103_ruefulness
songfulness1554583songfulness
soulfulness1444483soulfulness
tunefulness1455243tunefulness
usefulness1345723_usefulness
voicefulness2053643voicefulness
wakefulness2154583wakefulness
willfulness1753513willfulness

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 Filter1786911216330.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit121633265.03324167.1
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.49932495.2
 
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