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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 “rayless” 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.

44 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
rayless1023900(None) 
wayless13308241wayless
armless9369942armless
artless73712512artless
awless939262_awless
barless94317002barless
braless92910562bra_less
capless114312762capless
carless95118492carless
earless74316072earless
fatless103212202fatless
flyless1335002flyless
gapless10349992gapless
gasless8319012gasless
gayness1136842gayness
grayness1235932grayness
hapless123311332hapless
hatless103813442hatless
jagless1537102jagless
jawless1745652jawless
joyless17226512joyless
kayles134712002kayle_s
keyless1436162keyless
lawless1037032lawless
manless93012932manless
matless93014042matless
napless93110282napless
oarless73913372oarless
playless1334862playless
railers74420672railers
rainless8129712rainless
rales54947492ra_le_s
rankless12268242rankless
rawness1038152rawness
ribless93410342ribless
rimless9369362rimless
roadless937702roadless
rodless8310072rodless
runless72810422runless
sapless93313442sapless
taxless1436912taxless
toyless10268712toyless
tramless1037502tramless
warless104015102warless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671443.50030763.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.88945947.8
 
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