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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 “speechlessness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
speechlessness208160(None) 
sleeplessness1453553slee_plessness
affectlessness2271914affectlessness
breathlessness1952794breathlessness
cheerlessness1853704chee_rlessness
deathlessness1754324_deathlessness
fecklessness2154484__fecklessness
fencelessness1854074_fencelessness
heedlessness1685024_hee_dlessness
mercilessness1753464_mercilessness
needlessness1374684_nee_dlessness
objectlessness2561544objectlessness
pathlessness1754904_p_athlessness
recklessness1854654__recklessness
seamlessness1355904s__eamlessness
selflessness1444594s__elflessness
senselessness1154734s_enselessness
sexlessness1745314s__e_xlessness
speechless1742324speechl____ess
speechlessly2281044speechless__ly
spinelessness1454404sp_inelessness
spiritlessness1582564spiritlessness
spotlessness1345324sp__otlessness
stresslessness061774stresslessness

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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874243.61018247.6
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691243.93945364.6
 
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