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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 “spareness” 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.

27 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
spareness113986(None) 
sparseness1245491sparseness
apartness1146052apartness
awareness1236342awareness
bareness10912812_bareness
paleness10312982_paleness
pureness101110182_pureness
rareness81112852_rareness
safeness11239632s_afeness
sageness92111982s_ageness
sameness102712682s_ameness
saneness82313722s_aneness
scarceness1444762scarceness
scariness11310182scariness
sharpness1434942sharpness
smartness1136142smartness
soreness8914792s_oreness
spaceless1335732spaceless
spaciness1337082spaciness
sparenesses1339172sparenesses
spryness1334002sp_ryness
squareness1944762squareness
staleness9310782staleness
starkness1335962starkness
suaveness1247702suaveness
sureness8912902s_ureness
swartness1236112swartness

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 Filter1786911214360.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121436273.51334567.6
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.93545410.7
 
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