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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 “endlessly” 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.

33 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
endlessly134371(None) 
endless839832endless__
godlessly1443152godlessly
heedlessly1742772heedlessly
kindlessly1842872kindlessly
mindlessly1643312mindlessly
needlessly1442902needlessly
windlessly1743242windlessly
agelessly1343463agelessly
aimlessly1443283aimlessly
artlessly1243833artlessly
boundlessly1752333boundlessly
expressly2143473expressly
fearlessly1643133fearlessly
fecklessly2282653fecklessly
haplessly1743183haplessly
helplessly1842523helplessly
joylessly2242493joylessly
lawlessly1542813lawlessly
recklessly1962923recklessly
restlessly1344263restlessly
seamlessly1543203seamlessly
selflessly1642623selflessly
senselessly1472613senselessly
sexlessly1943203sexlessly
sinlessly1254203sinlessly
songlessly1443563songlessly
soundlessly1552483soundlessly
tonelessly1343843tonelessly
tunelessly1343243tunelessly
uselessly1243453uselessly
witlessly1543743witlessly
wordlessly1742843wordlessly

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641336.83021763.0
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.26324602.9
 
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