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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 “worklessnesses” 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.

30 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
worklessnesses2012548(None) 
wordlessnesses1775871wordlessnesses
formlessnesses1856122formlessnesses
hornlessnesses1656272hornlessnesses
worklessness1954102worklessne_s_s
worthlessnesses2054552worthlessnesses
airlessnesses12118003air_lessnesses
artlessnesses1247673_artlessnesses
bootlessnesses1556453bootlessnesses
carelessnesses1547723carelessnesses
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
foodlessnesses1755763foodlessnesses
footlessnesses1656563footlessnesses
godlessnesses1446583go_dlessnesses
harmlessnesses1876413harmlessnesses
homelessnesses18137473homelessnesses
hopelessnesses18147013hopelessnesses
joblessnesses2155993jo_blessnesses
joylessnesses2255643jo_ylessnesses
lovelessnesses1646993lovelessnesses
movelessnesses1846743movelessnesses
recklessnesses1955843recklessnesses
rootlessnesses1346603rootlessnesses
soullessnesses1296503soullessnesses
tirelessnesses1357013tirelessnesses
tonelessnesses13137653tonelessnesses
toplessnesses1446583to_plessnesses
winglessnesses1765463winglessnesses
witlessnesses1547233w_itlessnesses
wordlessness1644713wordlessne_s_s

Search took 2 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548301.61027048.4
3Display Results30300.033909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691301.93992156.3
 
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