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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 “facelessness” 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.

48 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
facelessness178605(None) 
agelessness1246082_agelessness
carelessness1446542carelessness
facelessnesses1847322facelessnesses
fecklessness2154482fecklessness
fencelessness1854072fencelessness
gracelessness1664762gracelessness
namelessness1445612namelessness
tactlessness1445412tactlessness
aimlessness1345673_aimlessness
airlessness1146263_airlessness
artlessness1146443_artlessness
blamelessness1754543blamelessness
ceaselessness1455113ceaselessness
facileness1545513facile__ness
faithlessness1953973faithlessness
faultlessness1653943faultlessness
fearlessness1545763fearlessness
flawlessness1854123flawlessness
foodlessness1644743foodlessness
footlessness1545613footlessness
formlessness1744713formlessness
hairlessness1545303hairlessness
haplessness1645663ha_plessness
harmlessness1745053harmlessness
homelessness1746103homelessness
hopelessness1745753hopelessness
landlessness1345713landlessness
lawlessness1444893la_wlessness
lifelessness1545293lifelessness
lovelessness1545733lovelessness
movelessness1745303movelessness
painlessness1445453painlessness
pathlessness1754903pathlessness
raylessness1445113ra_ylessness
recklessness1854653recklessness
saplessness1245983sa_plessness
shamelessness1754963shamelessness
shapelessness1754963shapelessness
statelessness1255143statelessness
tastelessness1254193tastelessness
timelessness1445783timelessness
tirelessness1245933tirelessness
tonelessness1246243tonelessness
uselessness1075993_uselessness
valuelessness1653453valuelessness
voicelessness1854063voicelessness
waterlessness1653853waterlessness

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 Filter178691950240.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit95024483.75025339.7
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691484.17342820.8
 
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