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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 “foamless” 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.

32 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
foamless1319584(None) 
formless13248081formless
loamless10235211loamless
beamless12327002beamless
coalless1038192coalless
coatless1039692coatless
fameless13259202f_ameless
fatless103212202f_atless
fearless1137872fearless
filmless1344552filmless
flagless1235402flagless
flameless1435352flameless
flapless1335342flapless
flawless1434502flawless
foamers123812102foam_ers
foamiest13289852foamiest
foaminess1437502foaminess
fogless1138192fo_gless
foodless12338382foodless
footless113710802footless
fordless12289002fordless
forkless15267432forkless
frameless1435532frameless
goalless935722goalless
gormless11235442gormless
normless10235922normless
oarless73913372_oarless
roadless937702roadless
seamless10238722seamless
soapless10278072soapless
toadless936312toadless
tramless1037502tramless

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911210590.826216332.9
2DLD Change Limit121059327.61015907.9
3Display Results32320.0301066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691328.46621106.9
 
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