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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 “heedless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

38 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
heedless1227881(None) 
deedless10318251deedless
headless12289861headless
heelless11257651heelless
needless9308331needless
seedless9319511seedless
weedless12287961weedless
bedless1039702_bedless
beefless1335492beefless
cheekless1873882cheekless
cheerless1495292cheerless
endless839832_endless
feeless103511102fee_less
feetless1137382feetless
greedless1144892greedless
handless123512062handless
heatless113011462heatless
heddles123311622heddle_s
heeders114213742heed_ers
heedlessly1742772heedlessly
heelers103815622hee_lers
heirless1146052heirless
helmless1334272helmless
helpless1335062helpless
herbless1336662herbless
hideless12278712hideless
hoodless12289732hoodless
hueless1058822hue_less
keelless12236192keelless
leadless9248792leadless
needlers9287422needlers
needles83211562needle_s
peerless1037512peerless
sheetless1235822sheetless
weldless12285812weldless
wheedlers1643192wheedlers
wheedles1534642wheedle_s
wheelless1543762wheelless

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059383.96630524.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.37540843.7
 
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