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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 “hairlessness” 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.

39 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
hairlessness154530(None) 
airlessness1146251_airlessness
aimlessness1345672_aimlessness
hairlessnesses16126632hairlessnesses
haplessness1645662ha_plessness
harmlessness1745052harmlessness
painlessness1445442painlessness
agelessness1246073_agelessness
airlessnesses12117993_airlessnesses
artlessness1146433_artlessness
brainlessness1554183brainlessness
carelessness1446543carelessness
cheerlessness1853703cheerlessness
facelessness1786053facelessness
faithlessness1953973faithlessness
fearlessness1545763fearlessness
headlessness16105963headlessness
heartlessness1665173heartlessness
heedlessness1685023heedlessness
helplessness1754473helplessness
homelessness1746103homelessness
hopelessness1745753hopelessness
hornlessness1545163hornlessness
humorlessness1853163humorlessness
landlessness1345713landlessness
lawlessness1444893la_wlessness
namelessness1445613namelessness
pathlessness1754903pathlessness
raylessness1445113ra_ylessness
saplessness1245983sa_plessness
shamelessness1754963shamelessness
shapelessness1754963shapelessness
sinlessness1046723_sinlessness
skillessness1554233skillessness
tactlessness1445413tactlessness
thanklessness2053833thanklessness
tirelessness1245933_tirelessness
waterlessness1653853waterlessness
witlessness1446263_witlessness

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024393.98323857.4
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691394.12543319.0
 
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