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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 “leafless” 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.

30 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
leafless1124657(None) 
leadless9248791leadless
leaflets11244811leaflets
leakless12246981leakless
beakless14297382beakless
beamless12327002beamless
beatless103311592beatless
beefless1335492beefless
deafness1236212deafness
earless74316072_earless
fearless1137872fearless
gearless937372gearless
headless12289862headless
heatless113011462heatless
lawless1037032l_awless
leafiest113410892leafiest
leafiness1236482leafiness
leaflet10199742leafle_t
leanness837372leanness
legless838012le_gless
lensless835582lensless
loamless10235212loamless
mealless10288362mealless
meatless103410862meatless
peakless14236682peakless
pleatless1134612pleatless
seamless10238722seamless
seatless83213002seatless
selfless1135012selfless
tearless848712tearless

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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059304.31328068.4
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691304.74937627.1
 
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