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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 “purposefulness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
purposefulness216160(None) 
purposeless1551473purpose__l_ess
reposefulness1862813_reposefulness
pridefulness1854324p_r_idefulness
purposeful1751284purposeful____
purposefully2261204purposeful__ly
purposelessness1861144purposelessness
purposiveness2053594purpos_iveness
pushfulness1954144pu___shfulness
suspensefulness19111434suspensefulness
usefulness1345724_u___sefulness
carefulness1645955car___efulness
corporealness1762015corpore_alness
despitefulness2062545despitefulness
dolefulness1544885___dolefulness
forcefulness2054455for__cefulness
gracefulness1855245_gr_acefulness
gratefulness1655745_gr_atefulness
guilefulness1653725gu__ilefulness
hopefulness1954875___hopefulness
hurtfulness1755015hur___tfulness
lustfulness1445315lu___stfulness
peacefulness1954985p__eacefulness
prayerfulness2162685p_rayerfulness
purposelessly206885purpose__l_essly
remorsefulness1962175remorsefulness
reposefulnesses2062575_reposefulnesses
restfulness1447235__r_estfulness
ruefulness1346105__r__uefulness
sorrowfulness1962225sorro_wfulness
spitefulness1754605__spitefulness
sportfulness1754785__sportfulness
successfulness2081485successfulness
tristfulness1564985_tr_istfulness
trustfulness1565065_tr_ustfulness
tunefulness1455245tu___nefulness
woefulness1645265___wo_efulness
wrongfulness1953255_wr_ongfulness

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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024387.70312336.0
3Display Results38380.0301266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691387.85922737.1
 
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