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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 “fearfulnesses” 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.

25 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
fearfulnesses194531(None) 
tearfulnesses1645531tearfulnesses
fearfulness1745222fearfulne_s_s
wearifulnesses2054652wearifulnesses
artfulnesses1546653__artfulnesses
awfulnesses1744943__awfulnesses
carefulnesses1845693_carefulnesses
cheerfulnesses2253383cheerfulnesses
dreadfulnesses19193793dreadfulnesses
dreamfulnesses20183693dreamfulnesses
fatefulnesses1945993fatefulnesses
fitfulnesses1866023f_itfulnesses
fretfulnesses1945903fretfulnesses
harmfulnesses2164303_harmfulnesses
heedfulnesses20124103heedfulnesses
helpfulnesses2153543helpfulnesses
lawfulnesses1844143_lawfulnesses
manfulnesses1745833_manfulnesses
needfulnesses17134093needfulnesses
peacefulnesses2154703peacefulnesses
playfulnesses2153643playfulnesses
regardfulnesses2072523regardfulnesses
restfulnesses1646623restfulnesses
tearfulness1445483tearfulne_s_s
zestfulnesses2555003zestfulnesses

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874253.01621841.5
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691253.35853213.5
 
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