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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 “faithlessnessesa” 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.

19 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
faithlessnesses2074971faithlessnesses_
faithlessness1953973faithlessne_s_s_
pathlessnesses1855953pa_thlessnesses_
aimlessnesses1487464_ai_mlessnesses_
airlessnesses12118004_ai_rlessnesses_
artlessnesses1247674_art_lessnesses_
deathlessnesses1885174deathlessnesses_
facelessnesses1847324fa_celessnesses_
faultlessnesses1754934faultlessnesses_
footlessnesses1656564foot_lessnesses_
fruitlessnesses1754894fruit_lessnesses_
hairlessnesses16126634hai_rlessnesses_
painlessnesses1546744pai_nlessnesses_
pitilessnesses1575754_pitilessnesses_
ruthlessnesses1665384_ruthlessnesses_
tactlessnesses1546554tact_lessnesses_
tastelessnesses1355274tastelessnesses_
witlessnesses1547234_wit_lessnesses_
worthlessnesses2054554worthlessnesses_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691273830.530337152.8
2DLD Change Limit27383192.36011603.0
3Display Results19190.033575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691192.92361132.7
 
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