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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 “costlessly” 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.

32 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
costlessly154371(None) 
bootlessly1553422bootlessly
costless10310002costless__
countlessly1653122countlessly
footlessly1663312footlessly
listlessly1343462listlessly
restlessly1344262restlessly
artlessly1243833_artlessly
carelessly1543963carelessly
ceaselessly1652433ceaselessly
cloudlessly1752073cloudlessly
coatless1039693coatless__
colorlessly1652223colorlessly
doubtlessly1752473doubtlessly
formlessly1842953formlessly
godlessly1443153go_dlessly
hopelessly1843083hopelessly
joylessly2242493jo_ylessly
lovelessly1683173lovelessly
movelessly1883103movelessly
noiselessly1452483noiselessly
pointlessly1662943pointlessly
songlessly1443563songlessly
soullessly1343053soullessly
spotlessly1543143spotlessly
tactlessly1553363tactlessly
tastelessly1452393tastelessly
tonelessly1343843tonelessly
uselessly1243453_uselessly
witlessly1543743_witlessly
wordlessly1742843wordlessly
worthlessly2052363worthlessly

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603326.72020923.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.17224915.1
 
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