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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 “breathlessness” 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.

31 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
breathlessness195279(None) 
deathlessness1754322_deathlessness
brainlessness1554183br_ainlessness
dreamlessness1673813drea_mlessness
pathlessness1754903__pathlessness
restlessness1146513_rest_lessness
ruthlessness1554313_r_uthlessness
artlessness1146434ar__t_lessness
blamelessness1754544b_lamelessness
bootlessness1445454b_oot_lessness
breathiness1644324breath___iness
breathinesses1853674breathiness_e_s
breathless1543534breathl____ess
breathlessly2051474breathless__ly
ceaselessness1455114_ceaselessness
deathlessnesses1885174_deathlessnesses
faithlessness1953974_faithlessness
fearlessness1545764_fea_rlessness
fruitlessness1654194fruit_lessness
gracelessness1664764gr_acelessness
headlessness16105964_hea_dlessness
heartlessness1665174_heartlessness
objectlessness2561544object_lessness
raylessness1445114_r_a_ylessness
recklessness1854654_re_cklessness
regardlessness1662124_regardlessness
rootlessness1245614_root_lessness
seamlessness1355904_sea_mlessness
speechlessness2081604speechlessness
statelessness1255144_statelessness
worthlessness1953654_worthlessness

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874313.51318751.5
3Display Results31310.033939.4
 (SQL Overall)178691313.85946305.0
 
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