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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 “helpless” 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.

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
helpless133506(None) 
helmless1334271helmless
whelpless1742051whelpless
beltless10297712beltless
haltless11308442haltless
hapless123311332h_apless
headless12289862headless
heatless113011462heatless
heedless12278812heedless
heelless11257652heelless
heirless1146052heirless
hellers103619832hel_lers
helpers123311852help_ers
helplessly1842522helplessly
herbless1336662herbless
hiltless11297122hiltless
hipless12399922h_ipless
holeless1189362holeless
hoopless13279262hoopless
humpless15226332humpless
peltless10267372peltless
pulpless12224952pulpless
selfless1135012selfless
weldless12285812weldless

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 Filter1786911210590.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121059243.96630524.2
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691244.38940713.4
 
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