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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 “witlessly” 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.

49 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
witlessly154374(None) 
aimlessly1443282aimlessly
artlessly1243832artlessly
listlessly1343462listlessly
pitilessly1542882pitilessly
sinlessly1254202sinlessly
windlessly1743242windlessly
witless103310982witless__
agelessly1343463agelessly
bootlessly1553423bootlessly
costlessly1543713costlessly
endlessly1343713endlessly
faithlessly2052233faithlessly
footlessly1663313footlessly
fruitlessly1752403fruitlessly
godlessly1443153godlessly
guiltlessly1552183guiltlessly
haplessly1743183haplessly
hitless103211193hitless__
joylessly2242493joylessly
kindlessly1842873kindlessly
lawlessly1542813lawlessly
lifelessly1642873lifelessly
limitlessly1682023limitlessly
mindlessly1643313mindlessly
mirthlessly1951993mirthlessly
painlessly1543013painlessly
pointlessly1662943pointlessly
restlessly1344263restlessly
ruthlessly1652743ruthlessly
sexlessly1943203sexlessly
shiftlessly2052433shiftlessly
sightlessly1852613sightlessly
spotlessly1543143spotlessly
tactlessly1553363tactlessly
timelessly1543443timelessly
tirelessly1343653tirelessly
uselessly1243453uselessly
viewlessly1952123viewlessly
wavelessly1942893wavelessly
weightlessly2251353weightlessly
wigless11359673wigless__
winless103212283winless__
witness103010013witness__
witnessed13214723witnessed
witnesser12224533witnesser
witnesses12219923witnesses
wordlessly1742843wordlessly
worthlessly2052363worthlessly

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 Filter1786911486410.843211970.3
2DLD Change Limit148641498.76616956.5
3Display Results49490.0331484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691499.64218532.6
 
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