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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 “painfulness” 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.

28 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
painfulness164508(None) 
gainfulness1544611gainfulness
manfulness1545642ma_nfulness
painfullest1653172painfullest
painfulnesses18115142painfulnesses
sinfulness1345842_sinfulness
artfulness1346403_artfulness
awfulness1544413_a_wfulness
balefulness1645013balefulness
bashfulness1954223bashfulness
carefulness1645953carefulness
faithfulness2154223faithfulness
fatefulness1746013fatefulness
fitfulness1645733_fitfulness
gainfulnesses17124613gainfulnesses
harmfulness1984283harmfulness
hatefulness1745963hatefulness
lawfulness1643853la_wfulness
mindfulness1754063_mindfulness
painfuller1552203painfulle_r
painless10108343pain__l_ess
peacefulness1954983peacefulness
pitifulness1665483pitifulness
playfulness1953613playfulness
pridefulness1854323pridefulness
pushfulness1954143pushfulness
tactfulness1645223tactfulness
wakefulness2154583wakefulness

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121633285.17323513.0
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691285.60931857.9
 
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