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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
faithfulness215422(None) 
faithfulnesses2354402faithfulnesses
fatefulness1746012fa_tefulness
fitfulness1645732f_it_fulness
unfaithfulness2371682unfaithfulness
artfulness1346403_art_fulness
bashfulness1954223ba_shfulness
faithfuls1842303faithful___s
faithless1543903faith__l_ess
fancifulness2053753fancifulness
fretfulness1776223fret_fulness
frightfulness2363203frightfulness
fruitfulness1854883fruit_fulness
gainfulness1544613gai_nfulness
hatefulness1745963ha_tefulness
healthfulness2252903healthfulness
mirthfulness2053743mirthfulness
painfulness1645083pai_nfulness
pitifulness1665483_pitifulness
ruthfulness1754983_ruthfulness
slothfulness1853503slothfulness
spitefulness1754603spitefulness
tactfulness1645223tact_fulness
tastefulness1554853tastefulness
truthfulness1864413truthfulness
wastefulness1854833wastefulness
watchfulness2353083watchfulness
wishfulness2054343_wishfulness
wrathfulness2154513wrathfulness
youthfulness2153643youthfulness

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 Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024303.67325871.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.04544175.8
 
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