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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 “welcomeness” 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.

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
welcomeness185270(None) 
welcomenesses2052582welcomenesses
awesomeness1653403awe_someness
fulsomeness1652843fulsomeness
welcomers1643513welcom__ers
welcomes15134763welcom__e_s
winsomeness1653653winsomeness
aloneness957314_al_oneness
closeness1137614_cl_oseness
deaconess1245544deaco__ness
decompress1742844de_compress
fearsomeness1753064fearsomeness
gloominess1343834_gloominess
heliometers1646024heliometers
irksomeness1752684irksomeness
jocoseness1943314_jocoseness
lameness102612674__l_ameness
lissomeness1353354lissomeness
loneness8512094__l_oneness
looseness937484__looseness
mellowness1542624mello_wness
noisomeness1354074noisomeness
recompenses17114354re_compenses
remoteness1246684re_moteness
secureness1245054se_cureness
selfsameness1751574selfsameness
telomeres1146364tel_omere_s
toilsomeness1452574toilsomeness
verboseness1652874verboseness
wearisomeness1862314wearisomeness
welcome1445204welcom__e__
welcomed1643334welcom__e_d
welcomely1951614welcom__ely
welcomer1544034welcom__e_r
welcoming1743474welcomin__g
weldments1544424wel_dmen_ts
wellness1135794wel___lness
wholeness1545374w__holeness
wholesomeness2162404wholesomeness
woeness1020211544w___o_eness

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819409.20316170.7
3Display Results40400.0301333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691409.66918480.8
 
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