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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 “soapless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

41 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
soapless1027807(None) 
sapless93313441s_apless
snapless10287461snapless
soupless10268461soupless
capless114312762_capless
coalless1038192coalless
coatless1039692coatless
flapless1335342flapless
foamless13195842foamless
gapless10349992_gapless
goalless935722goalless
hapless123311332_hapless
hoopless13279252hoopless
loamless10235212loamless
napless93110282_napless
oarless73913372_oarless
roadless937702roadless
scarless10189052scarless
seamless10238722seamless
seatless83213002seatless
shapeless1435562shapeless
shipless13277692shipless
slipless10246992slipless
soapers93715922soap_ers
soapiest102412842soapiest
soapiness1138292soapiness
sockless14267792sockless
sodaless936112sodaless
soilless8279032soilless
soleless8910032soleless
songless9218822songless
sonless72612612so_nless
soulless8218762soulless
spanless10247362spanless
stampless1334542stampless
staplers103111202staplers
staples93617212staple_s
starless81610842starless
strapless1135792strapless
toadless936312toadless
topless92511122to_pless

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059413.78032026.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.93645399.1
 
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