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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 “lostnesses” 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.

29 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
lostnesses104930(None) 
closenesses1347842closenesses
cosinesses121012822cosinesses
fastnesses1389082fastnesses
gastnesses11129142gastnesses
hostesses1247172host_esses
hotnesses1238902ho_tnesses
justnesses1736492justnesses
loathnesses1445862loathnesses
loftinesses1437922loftinesses
loginesses11410322loginesses
lonenesses10311342lonenesses
longnesses1138502longnesses
loosenesses1147242loosenesses
lornnesses1037822lornnesses
lostness837682lostne_s_s
loudnesses1138432loudnesses
lousinesses111210322lousinesses
lownesses1236982lo_wnesses
lushnesses1337342lushnesses
lustinesses11910422lustinesses
moistnesses1347152moistnesses
mootnesses1237152mootnesses
nosinesses101411322nosinesses
pastnesses12910512pastnesses
poshnesses1537462poshnesses
rosinesses101213142rosinesses
softnesses1337602softnesses
vastnesses13128202vastnesses

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 Filter1786911088240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit108824293.04635726.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.43552020.7
 
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