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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 “maleness” 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.

43 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
maleness1031231(None) 
haleness11312621haleness
paleness10312981paleness
ampleness1345302ampleness
baldness1137042baldness
bareness10912812bareness
baseness10910942baseness
calmness1236642calmness
falseness1236092falseness
femaleness1545762femaleness
gameness112810692gameness
halfness1435562halfness
idleness936842idleness
lameness102612672lameness
lateness82614072lateness
madness10310072ma_dness
malenesses12312222malenesses
malines93625602maline_s
maltiness112910572maltiness
maneless102812342maneless
manliness111310122manliness
mateless102711292mateless
mateyness1444472mateyness
matiness102114752matiness
mazedness2194572mazedness
maziness19239542maziness
mealiness11310062mealiness
mildness1136522mildness
moreness10911572moreness
muteness1039012muteness
rareness81112852rareness
safeness11239632safeness
sageness92111982sageness
saltness82610242saltness
sameness102712682sameness
saneness82313722saneness
smallness1174512smallness
soleness8814262soleness
staleness9310782staleness
tallness837102tallness
tameness102411252tameness
vileness1139982vileness
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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059433.97030493.5
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691434.37640834.3
 
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