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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 “balefulness” 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.

33 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
balefulness164501(None) 
balefulnesses1844852balefulnesses
bashfulness1954212bashfulness
carefulness1645942carefulness
dolefulness1544872dolefulness
fatefulness1746002fatefulness
hatefulness1745952hatefulness
wakefulness2154582wakefulness
artfulness1346383_artfulness
awfulness1544413_a_wfulness
boastfulness1754393boastfulness
gainfulness1544613gainfulness
gleefulness1554063gleefulness
gracefulness1855223gracefulness
gratefulness1655713gratefulness
guilefulness1653723guilefulness
harmfulness1984273harmfulness
helpfulness1953483helpfulness
hopefulness1954873hopefulness
lawfulness1643853la_wfulness
manfulness1545643ma_nfulness
painfulness1645083painfulness
peacefulness1954983peacefulness
playfulness1953613playfulness
ruefulness1346083_ruefulness
shamefulness2074143shamefulness
tactfulness1645203tactfulness
tastefulness1554833tastefulness
tunefulness1455223tunefulness
usefulness1345703_usefulness
wastefulness1854813wastefulness
willfulness1753503willfulness
woefulness1645263_woefulness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633336.03020171.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.18628886.4
 
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