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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 “lameness” 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.

40 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
lameness10261267(None) 
gameness112810691gameness
lateness82614071lateness
sameness102712681sameness
tameness102411251tameness
bareness10912812bareness
baseness10910942baseness
blameless1334732blameless
dampness1336072dampness
fameless13259202fameless
flameless1435352flameless
gaminess112911062gaminess
haleness11312622haleness
laceless10239852laceless
laciness102112552laciness
lamenesses12610562lamenesses
lamenters1137682lamenters
laments94314852lamen_ts
lankness12237042lankness
largeness1038272largeness
laxness1436042la_xness
laziness17239982laziness
likeness12229862likeness
limeless10249662limeless
liminess10510642liminess
limpness1246702limpness
liteness82213212liteness
liveness112411392liveness
loaminess1137492loaminess
loneness8512092loneness
maleness10312312maleness
nameless10248372nameless
paleness10312982paleness
planeness1138152planeness
rareness81112852rareness
safeness11239632safeness
sageness92111982sageness
saneness82313722saneness
tameless10259902tameless
waeness102512782wa_eness

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 Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059403.64333230.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.06243990.9
 
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