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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 “brainlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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69 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
brainlessness155418(None) 
brainlessnesses1665022brainlessnesses
painlessness1445442_painlessness
aimlessness1345673__aimlessness
airlessness1146253__airlessness
blamelessness1754543blamelessness
breathlessness1952793breathlessness
fruitlessness1654193fruitlessness
gracelessness1664763gracelessness
hairlessness1545303_hairlessness
planlessness1444993pla_nlessness
raylessness1445113_ra_ylessness
sinlessness1046723__sinlessness
agelessness1246074__agelessness
artlessness1146434__artlessness
bloodlessness1653504bloodlessness
bootlessness1445454b_ootlessness
boundlessness1654044boundlessness
braininess1246124brain___iness
braininesses1446554braininess_e_s
brainless1136404brainl____ess
brainlessly1652374brainless__ly
brainteasers1451414brainteas_ers
carelessness1446544_carelessness
ceaselessness1455114ceaselessness
classlessness1353734classlessness
dauntlessness1453774_dauntlessness
deathlessness1754324deathlessness
dreamlessness1673814dreamlessness
facelessness1786054_facelessness
faithlessness1953974_faithlessness
fearlessness1545764fea_rlessness
flawlessness1854124fla_wlessness
frailnesses1447594frailness_e_s
friendlessness1852204friendlessness
groundlessness16102594groundlessness
haplessness1645664_ha_plessness
harmlessness1745054_harmlessness
headlessness16105964hea_dlessness
heartlessness1665174heartlessness
hornlessness1545164_hornlessness
landlessness1345714_landlessness
lawlessness1444894_la_wlessness
limitlessness1553344limitlessness
meaninglessness1881194meaninglessness
mercilessness1753464merci_lessness
mindlessness1554854__mindlessness
motionlessness16122154motionlessness
namelessness1445614_namelessness
painlessnesses1546744_painlessnesses
pathlessness1754904_pathlessness
pitilessness1474524piti_lessness
pointlessness1554614_pointlessness
recklessness1854654_recklessness
restlessness1146514_restlessness
rootlessness1245614_rootlessness
ruthlessness1554314_ruthlessness
saplessness1245984_sa_plessness
seamlessness1355904sea_mlessness
shamelessness1754964shamelessness
shapelessness1754964shapelessness
skillessness1554234_skillessness
spinelessness1454404_spinelessness
stainlesses1144164stainless_e_s
statelessness1255144statelessness
tactlessness1445414_tactlessness
thanklessness2053834thanklessness
winglessness1654324__winglessness
witlessness1446264__witlessness

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024695.14018487.2
3Display Results69690.0461500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691695.54632219.8
 
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