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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 “homeless” 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.

46 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
homeless13111013(None) 
holeless1189361holeless
hopeless13118301hopeless
boneless10310212boneless
codeless112010112codeless
coreless103013832coreless
fameless13259202fameless
fumeless13236602fumeless
hideless12278712hideless
hiveless14227932hiveless
homeliest1448552homeliest
homeliness1545762homeliness
homeyness1745012homeyness
hominess132712452hominess
hoodless12289732hoodless
hoofless14258012hoofless
hookless151238362hookless
hoopless13279262hoopless
hornless1137362hornless
horseless1237212horseless
houseless1237462houseless
hueless1058822h_ueless
humpless15226332humpless
hymnless1632802hymnless
limeless10249662limeless
loveless1168572loveless
moveless1367752moveless
nameless10248372nameless
noseless839512noseless
noteless839402noteless
omelets938332_omelets
poleless1089872poleless
popeless1288472popeless
rhymeless1741672rhymeless
shameless1435922shameless
shoeless1137802sho_eless
shoreless1236632shoreless
soleless8910032soleless
tameless10259902tameless
timeless10239542timeless
toeless72612392to_eless
tombless1236782tombless
toneless8610392toneless
voteless1137492voteless
yokeless1535302yokeless
zoneless1737822zoneless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059463.28336874.5
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691463.68948438.9
 
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