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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 “flightless” 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.

36 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
flightless177339(None) 
lightless1386071_lightless
flightiest1744512flightiest
flightiness1843892flightiness
lightness13107432_lightness
nightless1386072_nightless
sightless1385922_sightless
slightness1454802slightness
weightless1742712weightless
blighters1555743blight_ers
blighties1546223blightie_s
brightness1644573brightness
clientless1272493clientless
faithless1543903faith_less
fighters15269403f_ight_ers
fishless1436413f_ish_less
flagless1235403flag__less
fleshless1543993flesh_less
flichters1774173flicht_ers
flighted1646973flight_e_d
flightier1644423flightie_r
flights143310983flight___s
frightens1655393fright_ens
lightens122510003_light_ens
lighters123111393_light_ers
lightest121410353_light_est
limitless1142943_limitless
lintless82710013_li_ntless
listless8269263_li_stless
plighters1545533plight_ers
rightness13117353_rightness
sighless1276553_sigh_less
slighters1346713slight_ers
slightest13136953slight_est
slitless8268143sli__tless
tightness1386603_tightness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603365.97023551.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.38927968.5
 
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