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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 “paperless” 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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98 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
paperless134583(None) 
paneless102611762pane_less
paperers122410452paper_ers
paperiness1446132paperiness
peerless1037512p_eerless
pipeless12107662pipe_less
popeless1288472pope_less
powerless1444292powerless
tapeless10218642tape_less
vaporless1443162vaporless
waterless1238012waterless
ageless8310343_age_less
airless73712043_a_irless
angerless1045023angerless
aperies9423203_aperie_s
appealers1345063appealers
appellees1344033appellees
aweless1038723_awe_less
barless94317003ba__rless
baseless1099563base_less
capelets1268603cape_lets
caperers122611723caper_ers
capless114312763cap__less
careless102813633care_less
carless95118493ca__rless
cateress102311613cater_ess
cheerless1495293cheerless
coverless1436803coverless
dapperness1543153dapperness
dateless9259963date_less
dowerless1344013dowerless
eagerness1046263eagerness
earless74316073ea__rless
faceless13269173face_less
fadeless12258323fade_less
fameless13259203fame_less
fatherless1644213fatherless
fiberless1444453fiberless
gapless10349993gap__less
gateless9279953gate_less
hairless1157413ha_irless
hammerless1742373hammerless
hapless123311333hap__less
hopeless13118303hope_less
japeries17311463japerie_s
laceless10239853lace_less
leaderless1143433leaderless
linerless936333linerless
maneless102812343mane_less
mannerless1243523mannerless
mateless102711293mate_less
nameless10248373name_less
naperies10313903naperie_s
napless93110283nap__less
oarless73913373oa__rless
orderless1044313orderless
painless10108343pa_inless
paleness10312983pale_ness
pamperers15236863pamper_ers
paperboys1843073paperboys
paperclips1552063paperclips
papered122513173paper_e_d
paperer113111903paper_e_r
papers105125323paper___s
papules112411573pap_ule_s
papyruses1643223papyruses
parentless1244453parentless
parles86334403pa__rle_s
parleys125212373pa__rleys
partnerless1351873partnerless
passless10247223pa_ssless
pastless102411203pa_stless
pathless13138043pa_thless
patternless1342283patternless
peeress939503p_eer_ess
pegless1038053__pegless
pileless1088623pile_less
placeless1335613place_less
poetless1038723p_oetless
poleless1089873pole_less
poperies12316793poperie_s
powderless1642593powderless
prebless1236823p_rebless
prepress12137983prepr_ess
properness1445923properness
riderless1044903riderless
riverless1244943riverless
sapless93313443sap__less
savorless1243213savorless
sewerless1244303sewerless
shapeless1435563shape_less
spaceless1335733space_less
tameless10259903tame_less
taperers10269773taper_ers
wageless1237173wage_less
wakeless1536473wake_less
warless104015103wa__rless
waveless1437483wave_less

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641987.25020502.2
3Display Results98980.0462130.4
 (SQL Overall)178691987.71923149.5
 
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