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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 “fadeless” 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.

35 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
fadeless1225832(None) 
faceless13269171faceless
fameless13259201fameless
ageless8310342_ageless
aweless1038722_aweless
badgeless1343202badgeless
baseless1099562baseless
bladeless1234302bladeless
careless102813632careless
codeless112010112codeless
dateless9259962dateless
fadedness1445612fadedness
fangless1237662fangless
fatless103212202fa_tless
feeless103511102f_eeless
fireless112810592fireless
flameless1435352flameless
frameless1435532frameless
fumeless13236602fumeless
fuseless11237232fuseless
gateless9279952gateless
gradeless11236702gradeless
hideless12278712hideless
laceless10239852laceless
maneless102812342maneless
mateless102711292mateless
nameless10248372nameless
paneless102611772paneless
shadeless1335732shadeless
tameless10259902tameless
tapeless10218642tapeless
tideless9269082tideless
wageless1237172wageless
wakeless1536472wakeless
waveless1437482waveless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059353.40335574.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.81246875.9
 
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