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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 “nameless” 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.

38 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
nameless1024837(None) 
fameless13259201fameless
tameless10259901tameless
ageless8310342_ageless
aweless1038722_aweless
baseless1099562baseless
blameless1334732blameless
careless102813632careless
dateless9259962dateless
enamelers1144802enamelers
faceless13269172faceless
fadeless12258322fadeless
flameless1435352flameless
frameless1435532frameless
fumeless13236602fumeless
gameness112810692gameness
gateless9279952gateless
homeless131110132homeless
laceless10239852laceless
lameness102612672lameness
limeless10249662limeless
maneless102812342maneless
mateless102711292mateless
namelessly1542982namelessly
napless93110282na_pless
natheless1244962natheless
nathless11127022nathless
noseless839512noseless
noteless839402noteless
paneless102611762paneless
sameness102712682sameness
shameless1435922shameless
tameness102411252tameness
tapeless10218642tapeless
timeless10239542timeless
wageless1237172wageless
wakeless1536472wakeless
waveless1437482waveless

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059383.72032542.7
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.87646101.9
 
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