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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 “decretive” 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.

58 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
decretive154749(None) 
secretive1446931secretive
accretive1645092accretive
deceive1337812dec_e_ive
deceptive1746852deceptive
decoctive1745862decoctive
decorative1648922decorative
depletive1545622depletive
excretive2145142excretive
recreative1549022recreative
creative132812803__creative
deceived1535893dec_e_ived
deceiver1436233dec_e_iver
deceives1437903dec_e_ives
decertify1843463decertify
decisive1446633dec_isive
declarative1754313declarative
decrease1136563decre_ase
decree93117783decre___e
decreeing1335523decreeing
decrepit1345873decrepi_t
decretal1146353decret_al
decretals1245093decretals
decretory1544683decretory
deductive1645473deductive
defective1848003defective
deflective1956093deflective
degressive1545143degressive
denotive1238673de_notive
depressive1646323depressive
deprive1338303depr__ive
derisive1247503de_risive
derive103817043de_r__ive
descriptive1953683descriptive
detective1548103detective
detersive1346343detersive
detractive1647373detractive
deviative1647723deviative
directive1557773d_irective
durative1239073d_urative
erective13311833_e_rective
execrative2246043execrative
exertive1839083_exertive
lucrative1445863lucrative
necrotize2046473necrotize
perceive1546973perce_ive
perceptive1946803perceptive
receive1239733rec_e_ive
receptive1648323receptive
revertive1548853revertive
secrete9311073secret__e
secretin10108343secreti_n
secreting1279823secreting
secretins11108463secretins
secretion11118303secretion
secretively1954713secretively
uncreative1547533uncreative
vegetive1545543ve_getive

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641586.93621430.4
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691587.38824186.7
 
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