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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 “affirmatives” 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.

30 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
affirmatives235215(None) 
affirmative2253091affirmative_
affirmations2053232affirmations
affirmatively2761812affirmatively
affricatives2351972affricatives
affirmances2152603affirma_nces
affirmation1953683affirmati_on
affricative2253033affricative_
formatives1846213__formatives
adversatives1952474adversatives
affiliates1644904affiliat__es
affiliations1844184affiliations
affinities1645714affi_niti_es
affirmable2042624affirma_ble_
affirmance2052774affirma_nce_
affirmants1852764affirma__nts
affixations2443854affi_xations
affricates1844624affricat__es
alternatives1553254alternatives
axiomatizes2973984a_xiomatizes
deformative2044974deformative_
fixatives2243354__fi_xatives
formative1747964__formative_
fricatives1844694_fri_catives
infirmaries1652994infirmari_es
infirmities16114504infirmiti_es
informative1965154informative_
performatives2392684performatives
reaffirmations2251974reaffirmations
reformative1945674reformative_

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790307.03017751.1
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.45223978.9
 
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