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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 “pitilessness” 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.

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
pitilessness147452(None) 
pathlessness1754902pathlessness
pitilessnesses1575752pitilessnesses
witlessness1446262wit_lessness
aimlessness1345673ai_mlessness
airlessness1146253ai_rlessness
artlessness1146433art_lessness
faithlessness1953973faithlessness
gutlessness1246013gut_lessness
lifelessness1545293lifelessness
limitlessness1553343limitlessness
listlessness1145823listlessness
mindlessness1554853mindlessness
painlessness1445443painlessness
planlessness1444993planlessness
plotlessness1445083plotlessness
pointlessness1554613pointlessness
ruthlessness1554313ruthlessness
sinlessness1046723si_nlessness
spinelessness1454403spinelessness
spiritlessness1582563spiritlessness
spotlessness1345323spot_lessness
timelessness1445783timelessness
tirelessness1245933tirelessness
winglessness1654323winglessness

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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024256.86013851.9
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691257.24924650.4
 
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