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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 “tailless” 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.

38 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
tailless823908(None) 
mailless10248581mailless
sailless82410371sailless
tailles72516471taille_s
trailless935961trailless
aidless83612072_aidless
aimless93610812_aimless
airless73712042_airless
failles102914132faille_s
gainless9117402gainless
hairless1157412hairless
painless10108342painless
rainless8129702rainless
skilless12246762skilless
soilless8279032soilless
stainless9176492stainless
stairless9185622stairless
tableless1145032tableless
tackless14419482tackless
tactless10288462tactless
tailers73720182tai_lers
taille63116922taille__
tailleur843302tailleur
tailleurs942802tailleurs
taintless935732taintless
tallest7317092ta_llest
tallness837102tallness
tameless10259902tameless
tankless12267822tankless
tapeless10218642tapeless
taxless1436912ta_xless
tieless72512562t_ieless
tillers73418742t_illers
tipless92610062t_ipless
toolless836342toolless
trillers83613492trillers
tuilles72411922tuille_s
twigless1293662twigless

Search took 5 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 Limit121059383.87331257.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.02944351.2
 
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