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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 “stainless” 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.

26 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
stainless917650(None) 
stairless9185621stairless
brainless1136412brainless
gainless9117412_gainless
grainless1035902grainless
painless10108362_painless
rainless8129712_rainless
sailless82410372s_ailless
sinless73014212s__inless
skinless12216972s_kinless
spanless10247362spa_nless
spinless10238702s_pinless
stackless1555932stackless
staginess1038752stagin_ess
staidness1037032staidness
stainers83212172stain_ers
stainlesses1144172stainlesses
stainlessly1452352stainlessly
stalkless1333722stalkless
stampless1334542stampless
starless81610842sta_rless
stateless937562stateless
stingless1046462st_ingless
stringless1145362stringless
tailless8239082_tailless
taintless935742_taintless

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911214360.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121436263.62633490.3
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691264.04544175.8
 
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