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

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75 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
shortnesses144679(None) 
hotnesses1238902_ho_tnesses
sharpnesses1645232sharpnesses
shortness1236732shortne_s_s
showinesses1735992showinesses
smartnesses1337142smartnesses
softnesses1337602s_oftnesses
sorenesses101313492s_orenesses
sportinesses1447872sportinesses
stoutnesses1146972stoutnesses
swartnesses1436712swartnesses
alertnesses1147233alertnesses
apartnesses1346823apartnesses
charinesses1639563charinesses
curtnesses1238373_curtnesses
fortresses1345663_fortresses
gorinesses11311553_gorinesses
hardnesses141810543_hardnesses
harnesses121812073_har_nesses
hoarinesses14310223_hoarinesses
hokinesses1758943_hokinesses
holinesses13511493_holinesses
hominesses15510863_hominesses
horninesses1459003_horninesses
horsinesses1439553_horsinesses
hostesses1247173_host_esses
inertnesses1198723inertnesses
lornnesses1037823_lornnesses
lostnesses1049303_lostnesses
mootnesses1237153_mootnesses
morenesses12811393_morenesses
overtnesses1448713overtnesses
peartnesses1338743peartnesses
pertnesses12310313_pertnesses
phoninesses1636453phoninesses
poornesses1236803poor_nesses
portresses1247313_portresses
saltnesses10310163s_altnesses
savorinesses1544613savorinesses
scantnesses1376533scantnesses
scarinesses1339903scarinesses
shadinesses1538643shadinesses
shakinesses1837613shakinesses
sheernesses1445843sheernesses
shiftinesses18105243shiftinesses
shininesses1448293shininesses
shirtdresses1651863shirtdresses
shoddinesses1743783shoddinesses
shynesses1535313sh__ynesses
slownesses1344943slo_wnesses
smokinesses1736253smokinesses
smoothnesses1762653smoothnesses
snootinesses1265803snootinesses
snottinesses1255843snottinesses
snowinesses1436413snowinesses
solenesses10412703s_olenesses
sootinesses11410053sootinesses
sorrinesses11310093sorrinesses
sournesses10310013s_ournesses
sparenesses1339173sparenesses
spottinesses1445683spottinesses
sprynesses1544973s_prynesses
squatnesses2045213squatnesses
starknesses1545883starknesses
sternnesses1146633sternnesses
stoninesses1138253stoninesses
storminesses1445033storminesses
surenesses101212213s_urenesses
sweetnesses1445723sweetnesses
swiftnesses1744503swiftnesses
tartnesses101110713_tartnesses
thorninesses1544393thorninesses
whatnesses1635733wh_atnesses
wholenesses1745803wholenesses
wornnesses1337133_wornnesses

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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633754.75025606.9
3Display Results75750.0332272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691755.17334543.0
 
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