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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 “lovelinesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
lovelinesses1512533(None) 
livelinesses15145631livelinesses
lonelinesses12146341lonelinesses
comelinesses1666402comelinesses
homelinesses1765362homelinesses
levelnesses1445552level_nesses
lordlinesses1345172lordlinesses
loveliness1345302loveline_s_s
lowlinesses1436682lo_wlinesses
slovenlinesses1751762slovenlinesses
unlovelinesses1752462unlovelinesses
costlinesses1446253costlinesses
covertnesses1746333covertnesses
flowerinesses1942903flowerinesses
godlinesses1337123go_dlinesses
governesses1546723gove_rnesses
holinesses13511493ho__linesses
jollinesses1836723jo_llinesses
jowlinesses2135323jo_wlinesses
leerinesses11119483l_eerinesses
liveliness1345633liveline_s_s
livenesses13411073live__nesses
loaminesses1358453lo_aminesses
localnesses1345853local_nesses
loftinesses1437923lo_ftinesses
loginesses11410323lo__ginesses
loneliness1046083loneline_s_s
lonenesses10311343lone__nesses
looninesses1197993lo_oninesses
loopinesses13116733lo_opinesses
lousinesses111210323lo_usinesses
lovablenesses18115843lovablenesses
lovelessnesses1646993lovelessnesses
lovelornnesses1761403lovelornnesses
lovesicknesses2361593lovesicknesses
lovingnesses1643673lovingnesses
oilinesses101512443_o_ilinesses
ovalnesses1346053_oval_nesses
overtnesses1448713_overtnesses
portlinesses1446993portlinesses
steelinesses1246723steelinesses
timelinesses1445453timelinesses
wifelinesses1844813wifelinesses
wobblinesses1943053wobblinesses
woolinesses14157503wo_olinesses
woollinesses15113793woollinesses

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024463.84624707.2
3Display Results46460.0301533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691464.23642183.9
 
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