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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 “severeness” 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.

46 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
severeness134612(None) 
secureness1245052secureness
sereneness1047132sereneness
severenesses1545612severenesses
adverseness1553603adverseness
averseness1345023_averseness
beeriness1137863be_eriness
cleverness1543223clever_ness
covertness1545503covertness
demureness1344243demureness
diverseness1554773diverseness
eeriness8311873_e_eriness
evenness1135543_eve_nness
governess1346173gover_ness
inverness1247133inver_ness
leeriness938323le_eriness
levelness1245453leve_lness
overtness1238223_overtness
perverseness1752823perverseness
reverencers1673323reverencers
reverences1579173reverences
reverends13266033reveren_ds
savageness1444063savageness
savoriness1354933savoriness
sedateness1146663sedateness
seediness10219173se_ediness
seeress7311573se_er__ess
seeresses939053se_eresses
selectness1245453selectness
serenes73222903s__erene_s
serenest82717623s__erenest
servileness1445923servileness
severances1546783severances
severest11310323sever__est
sewerless1244303sewer_less
sheerness1236273sheer_ness
silveriness1443853silveriness
sincereness1345003sincereness
soberness1186463sober_ness
soreness8914793s__oreness
spareness1139863s_pareness
squareness1944763squareness
sternness946093s_ternness
superbness1446663superbness
sureness8912903s__ureness
svelteness1344423svelteness

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603466.25022496.5
3Display Results46460.0331393.9
 (SQL Overall)178691466.68926714.2
 
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