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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 “relentlessness” 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.

27 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
relentlessness145261(None) 
resistlessness1282603resistlessness
restlessness1146513r__estlessness
affectlessness2271914affectlessness
dauntlessness1453774_dauntlessness
defenselessness1861424defenselessness
endlessness1245484___endlessness
friendlessness1852204friendlessness
heartlessness1665174he_artlessness
heedlessness1685024he_e_dlessness
helplessness1754474hel__plessness
landlessness1345714__landlessness
listlessness1145824__listlessness
needlessness1374684ne_e_dlessness
objectlessness2561544objectlessness
planlessness1444994_plan_lessness
plotlessness1445084_pl_otlessness
pointlessness1554614_pointlessness
recentnesses1465374recentness_e_s
recklessness1854654r__ecklessness
regardlessness1662124regardlessness
relentless1043704relentl____ess
relentlessly1561694relentless__ly
rootlessness1245614r__ootlessness
selflessness1444594sel__flessness
sleeplessness1453554_sleeplessness
weightlessness2162424weightlessness

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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874273.39019431.9
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691273.73347867.9
 
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