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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 “pointlessly” 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.

32 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
pointlessly166294(None) 
countlessly1653122countlessly
painlessly1543012pain_lessly
pointless1135712pointless__
bootlessly1553423bo_otlessly
boundlessly1752333boundlessly
costlessly1543713co_stlessly
dauntlessly1552283dauntlessly
doubtlessly1752473doubtlessly
footlessly1663313fo_otlessly
guiltlessly1552183guiltlessly
jointless1634323jointless__
kindlessly1842873_kindlessly
listlessly1343463_listlessly
mindlessly1643313_mindlessly
noiselessly1452483noiselessly
pitilessly1542883p_itilessly
planlessly1542813plan_lessly
pointedly15133673point_e_dly
powerlessly1951983powerlessly
pricelessly1852473pricelessly
printless1137523printless__
shiftlessly2052433shiftlessly
sinlessly1254203_sin_lessly
songlessly1443563so_nglessly
soundlessly1552483soundlessly
spinelessly1652523spinelessly
spotlessly1543143spo__tlessly
tonelessly1343843to_nelessly
voicelessly1962333voicelessly
windlessly1743243_windlessly
witlessly1543743_wi_tlessly

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633324.95624542.6
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691325.35933344.1
 
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