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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 “haplessly” 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.

37 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
haplessly174318(None) 
hapless123311332hapless__
harmlessly1842782harmlessly
helplessly1842522helplessly
hopelessly1843082hopelessly
lawlessly1542812lawlessly
shapelessly1962352shapelessly
agelessly1343463agelessly
aimlessly1443283aimlessly
artlessly1243833artlessly
capless114312763capless__
carelessly1543963carelessly
endlessly1343713endlessly
expressly2143473expressly
fearlessly1643133fearlessly
flawlessly1952283flawlessly
gapless10349993gapless__
godlessly1443153godlessly
hatless103813443hatless__
heartlessly1742733heartlessly
heedlessly1742773heedlessly
hipless12399923hipless__
joylessly2242493joylessly
namelessly1542983namelessly
napless93110283napless__
painlessly1543003painlessly
planlessly1542813planlessly
sapless93313443sapless__
seamlessly1543203seamlessly
sexlessly1943203sexlessly
shamelessly1962413shamelessly
sinlessly1254203sinlessly
tactlessly1553363tactlessly
thanklessly2152093thanklessly
uselessly1243453uselessly
wavelessly1942893wavelessly
witlessly1543743witlessly

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641377.14020818.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.59623524.4
 
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