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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 “handleless” 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.

27 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
handleless147312(None) 
handless123512062hand__less
saddleless1242072saddleless
badgeless1343203ba_dgeless
chandelles1645343chandelle_s
changeless1643873chan_geless
fadeless12258323fa_d_eless
haleness11312623ha__leness
haltless11308443ha__ltless
handbells1594363handbel_ls
handedness1545903handedness
handhelds1743763handhel_ds
handiness132110933hand_iness
handlebars1642373handlebars
handlers124014143hand__lers
handles114020653hand__le_s
handpress1544033hand_press
handseled1444403handsele_d
handsels12317243handsel__s
hideless12278713h_id_eless
holeless1189363h__oleless
landless94011173land__less
maneless102812343man__eless
paneless102611763pan__eless
sandless93212343sand__less
shadeless1335733sha_d_eless
tableless1145033ta_bleless

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603276.42321890.5
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691276.82926166.5
 
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