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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 “adjectives” 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.

35 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
adjectives234373(None) 
adjective2244811adjective_
adjectival2351832adjectival
adjectively2753632adjectively
advective1845232advective_
adventives1745122adventives
ejectives2145442_ejectives
objectives2444532objectives
abjections2145673abjections
actives12311523a___ctives
addictive1644563addictive_
additives1444443ad_ditives
adductive1643963adductive_
adhesives1643093adhe_sives
adjunctive2352573adjunctive_
adjustive2043243adjustive_
advections1645553advections
adventive1645813adventive_
advertises1445913advertises
advertizes2344673advertizes
affective20135413affective_
agentives1346443a_gentives
bijective2343913bijective_
deceives1437903_d_eceives
defectives1945683defectives
detectives1645783detectives
directives1655833directives
effectives21134563effectives
ejective2037153_ejective_
electives1448933_electives
injective2178023injective_
invectives1885903invectives
objective2345373objective_
rejective2148253rejective_
subjectives2554763subjectives

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603355.40626008.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691355.84530571.6
 
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