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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 “competitiveness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
competitiveness248219(None) 
comparativeness2482923comparativeness
cooperativeness2273373cooperativeness
repetitiveness1963843_repetitiveness
combativeness2254174com__bativeness
compatibleness2262614compati_bleness
competitions1845534competiti_on__s
competitive2074764competitiv__e__
competitively2562814competitiv__ely
compulsiveness2362974comp_ulsiveness
consecutiveness2262814consecutiveness
imperativeness2155474_imperativeness
operativeness1876664_o_perativeness
coerciveness1955405co__e_rciveness
cohesiveness2056055co_he__siveness
competition1755775competiti_on___
completeness1854635comp_let__eness
coquettishness286915coquet_tishness
costiveness1648215co____stiveness
creativeness1747765c__re_ativeness
cumulativeness2162715cum_ulativeness
imitativeness1864735_im_itativeness
inoperativeness2073895inoperativeness
objectiveness2755165_obje_ctiveness
petiteness1248495___petit__eness
positiveness1756495___positiveness
punitiveness1755365___punitiveness
respectiveness2155365respe_ctiveness
vegetativeness2173255_vegetativeness

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874293.80017335.3
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691294.13943172.5
 
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