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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 “wakefulness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
wakefulness215458(None) 
balefulness1645012balefulness
carefulness1645952carefulness
fatefulness1746012fatefulness
hatefulness1745962hatefulness
wakefulnesses2354292wakefulnesses
wastefulness1854832wastefulness
woefulness1645262w_oefulness
artfulness1346403_artfulness
awfulness1544413_a_wfulness
bashfulness1954223bashfulness
dolefulness1544883dolefulness
gainfulness1544613gainfulness
gleefulness1554063gleefulness
gracefulness1855243gracefulness
gratefulness1655743gratefulness
harmfulness1984283harmfulness
hopefulness1954873hopefulness
lawfulness1643853la_wfulness
manfulness1545643ma_nfulness
painfulness1645083painfulness
peacefulness1954983peacefulness
ruefulness1346103_ruefulness
shamefulness2074153shamefulness
tactfulness1645223tactfulness
tastefulness1554853tastefulness
tunefulness1455243tunefulness
usefulness1345723_usefulness
wakeless1536473wake__l_ess
watchfulness2353083watchfulness
wearifulness1854803wearifulness
willfulness1753513willfulness
wishfulness2054343wishfulness
wistfulness1745273wistfulness
wrathfulness2154513wrathfulness

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.203880251.2
2DLD Change Limit121633355.54621931.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691355.76530995.8
 
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