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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 “selflessnesses” 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.

24 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
selflessnesses1511599(None) 
helplessnesses1855802helplessnesses
seamlessnesses1446972seamlessnesses
selflessness1444592selflessne_s_s
sexlessnesses1846742se_xlessnesses
endlessnesses1356763_endlessnesses
fearlessnesses1666743fearlessnesses
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
headlessnesses17137063headlessnesses
heedlessnesses17136223heedlessnesses
needlessnesses14115693needlessnesses
recklessnesses1955843recklessnesses
restlessnesses1257233restlessnesses
saplessnesses1347273s_aplessnesses
selfishnesses1844043self_ishnesses
senselessnesses055703senselessnesses
shiftlessnesses1954993shiftlessnesses
sinlessnesses1157983s_inlessnesses
skillessnesses1655613skillessnesses
sleeplessnesses1554683sleeplessnesses
soullessnesses1296503soullessnesses
spotlessnesses1456273spotlessnesses
stylelessnesses1674713stylelessnesses
uselessnesses1147313use__lessnesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548241.75024884.6
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691242.06286659.1
 
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