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

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

37 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
woefulnesses184534(None) 
dolefulnesses1774842dolefulnesses
hopefulnesses2184592hopefulnesses
joyfulnesses2553502joyfulnesses
ruefulnesses1545932ruefulnesses
usefulnesses1545822usefulnesses
wakefulnesses2354292wakefulnesses
woefulness1645262woefulne_s_s
artfulnesses1546653artfulnesses
awfulnesses1744943_awfulnesses
balefulnesses1844853balefulnesses
carefulnesses1845693carefulnesses
fatefulnesses1945993fatefulnesses
fitfulnesses1866023fitfulnesses
forcefulnesses2254173forcefulnesses
foulnesses1337933fo__ulnesses
fretfulnesses1945903fretfulnesses
fulnesses1239053___fulnesses
gleefulnesses1764253gleefulnesses
hatefulnesses1945803hatefulnesses
heedfulnesses20124103heedfulnesses
lawfulnesses1844143lawfulnesses
manfulnesses1745833manfulnesses
needfulnesses17134093needfulnesses
sinfulnesses1546133sinfulnesses
songfulnesses1754673songfulnesses
soulfulnesses1654553soulfulnesses
tunefulnesses1655133tunefulnesses
voicefulnesses2253573voicefulnesses
wastefulnesses2054523wastefulnesses
wellnesses1335783w_e_llnesses
willfulnesses1953883willfulnesses
wishfulnesses2254283wishfulnesses
wistfulnesses1955543wistfulnesses
woenesses1239133woe___nesses
wonderfulnesses2262673wonderfulnesses
wrongfulnesses2153173wrongfulnesses

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024374.03023579.2
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691374.40640556.3
 
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