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

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

29 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
spinelessly165251(None) 
sinlessly1254202s_in_lessly
spineless1136132spineless__
guilelessly1552223guilelessly
kindlessly1842873_kindlessly
lifelessly1642873_lifelessly
mindlessly1643313_mindlessly
noiselessly1452483noiselessly
painlessly1543003pain_lessly
pitilessly1542883_pitilessly
pointlessly1662943pointlessly
pricelessly1852473pricelessly
senselessly1472613senselessly
shamelessly1962413shamelessly
shapelessly1962353shapelessly
shiftlessly2052433shiftlessly
songlessly1443563s_onglessly
soundlessly1552483soundlessly
spiceless1335923spiceless__
spinless10238703spin_less__
spiritlessly1751743spiritlessly
spotlessly1543143sp_otlessly
stainlessly1452353stain_lessly
timelessly1543443_timelessly
tirelessly1343653_tirelessly
tonelessly1343843_tonelessly
tunelessly1343243_tunelessly
voicelessly1962333voicelessly
windlessly1743243_windlessly

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911216330.800223363.8
2DLD Change Limit121633297.82615542.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.64220677.0
 
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