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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 “tactless” 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.

40 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
tactless1028846(None) 
tackless14419481tackless
actress948532_actress
artless73712512_artless
backless162910632backless
bractless1335542bractless
ductless11196312ductless
faceless13269172faceless
fatless103212202fa_tless
haltless11308442haltless
hatless103813442ha_tless
laceless10239852laceless
mastless102610022mastless
matless93014042ma_tless
pastless102411202pastless
saltless8259342saltless
stackless1555932stackless
tacitness1134872tacitness
tacklers143010772tacklers
tackles133816522tackle_s
tactlessly1553362tactlessly
tailless8239082tailless
taintless935732taintless
tameless10259902tameless
tankless12267822tankless
tapeless10218642tapeless
tartlets8289662tartlets
tartness82210132tartness
tasteless935672tasteless
tattlers8369692tattlers
tattles73616282tattle_s
tautness8217182tautness
taxless1436912ta_xless
tentless8229842tentless
textless15245792textless
tintless8239862tintless
traceless11228642traceless
trackless15246722trackless
wartless11279922wartless
wattless11268722wattless

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059404.06329795.5
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691404.46939984.6
 
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