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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 “effortlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 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
effortlessness206189(None) 
affectlessness2271913affectlessness
footlessness1545613__footlessness
formlessness1744713__formlessness
artlessness1146434___artlessness
bootlessness1445454__bootlessness
colorlessness1553904color_lessness
effortfulness18112414effort_fulness
effortless1641484effortl____ess
effortlessly2161184effortless__ly
faultlessness1653944_faultlessness
fearlessness1545764_fear_lessness
foodlessness1644744__foodlessness
fruitlessness1654194_fruitlessness
heartlessness1665174_heartlessness
hornlessness1545164__hornlessness
humorlessness1853164humor_lessness
plotlessness1445084_plo_tlessness
rootlessness1245614__rootlessness
spotlessness1345324_spo_tlessness
wordlessness1644714__wordlessness
worklessness1954104__worklessness
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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874232.84323170.6
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691233.18956033.6
 
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