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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 “needlessnesses” 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.

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
needlessnesses1411569(None) 
heedlessnesses17136221heedlessnesses
endlessnesses1356762_endlessnesses
headlessnesses17137062headlessnesses
needlessness1374682needlessne_s_s
agelessnesses1387633age_lessnesses
cheerlessnesses1954543cheerlessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
foodlessnesses1755763foodlessnesses
godlessnesses1446583_godlessnesses
heedlessness1685023heedlessne_s_s
helplessnesses1855803helplessnesses
landlessnesses1456683landlessnesses
mindlessnesses1686013mindlessnesses
namelessnesses1577053namelessnesses
nervelessnesses1754983nervelessnesses
recklessnesses1955843recklessnesses
restlessnesses1257233restlessnesses
seamlessnesses1446973seamlessnesses
selflessnesses15115993selflessnesses
sexlessnesses1846743_sexlessnesses
sleeplessnesses1554683sleeplessnesses
uselessnesses1147313use_lessnesses
wordlessnesses1775873wordlessnesses

Search took 2 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 Filter178691435480.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit43548251.62626782.3
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691251.91993116.7
 
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