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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 “defective” 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.

89 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
defective184800(None) 
defectives1945681defectives
deflective1956091deflective
detective1548101detective
refective1749111refective
affective20135412affective
deceptive1746852deceptive
decoctive1745862decoctive
deductive1645472deductive
defecting162510222defecting
defection151610642defection
defectively2345202defectively
defensive1644992defensive
detectives1645782detectives
directive1557772directive
effective2076192effective
ejective2037152_ejective
elective13311002_elective
erective13311832_erective
infective17108972infective
perfective2047192perfective
reflective1857122reflective
rejective2148252rejective
selective1449522selective
adjective2244813adjective
advective1845233advective
bijective2343913bijective
deceive1337813d__eceive
decretive1547493decretive
defeating142311973defeating
defeatism1544413defeatism
defeatist1356603defeatist
defeature1344333defeature
defecate1438793defec_ate
defecating17237783defecating
defecation1679803defecation
defect124816173defect___
defected15289973defect_ed
defections161510203defections
defector14277953defect_or
defectors15237883defectors
defects134511523defect__s
defensives1743863defensives
definitive1745083definitive
deflecting1736503deflecting
deflection16147733deflection
dejecting20217793dejecting
dejection19178663dejection
delectate1248743delectate
denotive1238673de_notive
depletive1545623depletive
detecting13259983detecting
detection121310413detection
detersive1346343detersive
detractive1647373detractive
deviative1647723deviative
digestive1446243digestive
directives1655833directives
eductive1476863_eductive
effectives21134563effectives
egestive1246833_egestive
ejectives2145443_ejectives
electives1448933_electives
enactive1338513_enactive
erectile1039513_erectile
executive2164743_executive
exertive1839083_exertive
festive1339773__festive
fictive1537023__fictive
ineffective2273943ineffective
inflective18126573inflective
injective2178023injective
invective1798043invective
objective2345373objective
olfactive1743463olfactive
orective1339353_orective
perfectives2145473perfectives
reactive13310473re_active
receptive1648323receptive
reductive1547793reductive
refecting152413353refecting
refection141512283refection
refractive1846693refractive
resentive12410723resentive
respective1747623respective
retentive1249853retentive
revertive1548853revertive
seductive1545613seductive
vegetive1545543vege_tive

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641896.76321978.6
3Display Results89890.0461934.8
 (SQL Overall)178691897.23224708.4
 
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