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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 “lifelessly” 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.

36 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
lifelessly164287(None) 
lifeless11228142lifeless__
listlessly1343462listlessly
lovelessly1683172lovelessly
timelessly1543442timelessly
tirelessly1343652tirelessly
agelessly1343463_agelessly
aimlessly1443283ai_mlessly
blamelessly1852163blamelessly
carelessly1543963carelessly
guilelessly1552223guilelessly
hopelessly1843083hopelessly
kindlessly1842873kindlessly
lawlessly1542813l_awlessly
limeless10249663limeless__
limitlessly1682023limitlessly
lineless82711943lineless__
mindlessly1643313mindlessly
movelessly1883103movelessly
namelessly1542983namelessly
noiselessly1452483noiselessly
pitilessly1542883pitilessly
placelessly1852203placelessly
pricelessly1852473pricelessly
shiftlessly2052433shiftlessly
sinlessly1254203si_nlessly
spinelessly1652513spinelessly
tonelessly1343843tonelessly
tunelessly1343243tunelessly
uselessly1243453_uselessly
viewlessly1952123viewlessly
voicelessly1962333voicelessly
wavelessly1942893wavelessly
wifeless14277483wifeless__
windlessly1743243windlessly
witlessly1543743wi_tlessly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603368.29616948.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.73220463.9
 
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