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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 “recklessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
recklessness185465(None) 
fecklessness2154481fecklessness
recklessnesses1955842recklessnesses
restlessness1146512restlessness
dreamlessness1673813dreamlessness
endlessness1245483_endlessness
facelessness1786053facelessness
fearlessness1545763fearlessness
fecklessnesses2255493fecklessnesses
fencelessness1854073fencelessness
gracelessness1664763gracelessness
headlessness16105963headlessness
heedlessness1685023heedlessness
helplessness1754473helplessness
mercilessness1753463mercilessness
needlessness1374683needlessness
raylessness1445113r_aylessness
rootlessness1245613rootlessness
ruthlessness1554313ruthlessness
seamlessness1355903seamlessness
selflessness1444593selflessness
sexlessness1745313se_xlessness
tactlessness1445413tactlessness
worklessness1954103worklessness

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024244.90619368.9
3Display Results24240.030800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691245.29633740.7
 
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