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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 “gleefulnesses” 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.

24 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
gleefulnesses176425(None) 
gleefulness1554062gleefulne_s_s
balefulnesses1844853balefulnesses
carefulnesses1845693carefulnesses
cheerfulnesses2253383cheerfulnesses
dolefulnesses1774843dolefulnesses
fatefulnesses1945993fatefulnesses
fretfulnesses1945903fretfulnesses
gainfulnesses17124613gainfulnesses
gracefulnesses20154913gracefulnesses
gratefulnesses18135413gratefulnesses
guilefulnesses1853583guilefulnesses
hatefulnesses1945803hatefulnesses
heedfulnesses20124103heedfulnesses
helpfulnesses2153543helpfulnesses
hopefulnesses2184593hopefulnesses
lawfulnesses1844143_lawfulnesses
needfulnesses17134093needfulnesses
playfulnesses2153643playfulnesses
ruefulnesses1545933_ruefulnesses
tunefulnesses1655133tunefulnesses
usefulnesses1545823_usefulnesses
wakefulnesses2354293wakefulnesses
woefulnesses1845343_woefulnesses

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 Filter178691658740.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit65874243.42319244.5
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691243.77947285.3
 
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