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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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182 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
defectiveness225654(None) 
deceptiveness2155692deceptiveness
defectivenesses2496072defectivenesses
defensiveness20115812defensiveness
effectiveness2455672effectiveness
electiveness1757562_electiveness
perfectiveness2455342perfectiveness
reflectiveness2255102reflectiveness
selectiveness1856512selectiveness
defectives1945683defectiv__e_s
definitiveness2163793definitiveness
festiveness1748223__festiveness
fictiveness1946313__fictiveness
ineffectiveness2683003ineffectiveness
invectiveness2156733invectiveness
objectiveness2755163objectiveness
reactiveness1756923re_activeness
receptiveness2056123receptiveness
reductiveness1955543reductiveness
refractiveness2254853refractiveness
respectiveness2155363respectiveness
retentiveness1657163retentiveness
seductiveness1955243seductiveness
activeness1547704___activeness
assertiveness1655504assertiveness
attentiveness1665154attentiveness
creativeness1747764_creativeness
deceptivenesses23125894deceptivenesses
decisiveness1855924de_cisiveness
decorativeness2054184decorativeness
defections161510204defecti_on__s
defective1848004defectiv__e__
defectively2345214defectiv__ely
defensivenesses2255784defensivenesses
definiteness16105044def_initeness
dejectedness2353564deject_edness
delusiveness1655754de_lusiveness
derisiveness1656964de_risiveness
derivativeness2163804derivativeness
destructiveness2173804destructiveness
detectives1645784detectiv__e_s
diffusiveness2353444diffusiveness
effectivenesses2665104effectivenesses
effusiveness2154934_effusiveness
electivenesses1957644_electivenesses
evocativeness2154184_evocativeness
fertileness1447574__fertileness
furtiveness1746534__furtiveness
inventiveness1956974inventiveness
negativeness1656084ne_gativeness
offensiveness2274244offensiveness
perceptiveness2354784perceptiveness
preventiveness2294894preventiveness
protectiveness2154594protectiveness
recessiveness1865904recessiveness
reflexiveness2662744reflexiveness
repetitiveness1963844repetitiveness
resistiveness1656024resistiveness
restiveness1449664__restiveness
secretiveness1865864secretiveness
selectivenesses2056004selectivenesses
sensitiveness1655814sensitiveness
subjectiveness2863974subjectiveness
tentativeness1655024tentativeness
vegetativeness2173254vegetativeness
abortiveness1755325_abortiveness
adaptiveness1853645_adaptiveness
adhesiveness1954385adhe_siveness
affectedness2153205affect_edness
affectionless2161875affectionless
amativeness1646225__amativeness
attractiveness1983555attractiveness
aversiveness1896235_aversiveness
coerciveness1955405_coerciveness
cohesiveness2056055cohe_siveness
combativeness2254175combativeness
consecutiveness2262815consecutiveness
costiveness1648215__costiveness
deactivates1744395de_activate_s
deceitfulness1963545deceitfulness
decidedness16103795d__ec_idedness
defecations1779005defecati_on__s
defecting162510225defecti__n__g
defection151610645defecti_on___
defenseless1551895defe__nseless
defensives1743875defensiv__e_s
deficients1644325defic_i_en_ts
deflections17187325deflecti_on__s
deflective1956095deflectiv__e__
deftness1236305def__t___ness
dejections20168355dejecti_on__s
dementedness1654675dement_edness
descriptiveness2362275descriptiveness
deservedness1753485dese__rvedness
destituteness1462925destituteness
detections131410045detecti_on__s
detective1548105detectiv__e__
detectivelike237425detectivelike
determinedness1861705determinedness
detestableness1763775detestableness
digressiveness1963375digressiveness
diminutiveness2062675diminutiveness
directedness1654265direct_edness
directionless1661935directionless
directives1655845directiv__e_s
directness1344195direct___ness
dispersiveness20104055dispersiveness
disruptiveness2083335disruptiveness
distinctiveness2162915distinctiveness
divisiveness1954365d_ivisiveness
effectives21134565effectiv__e_s
effectualness2171935effectualness
effeteness1643675_effet__eness
ejectives2145445_ejectiv__e_s
electioneers1453705_electioneers
electives1448935_electiv__e_s
elusiveness1466605_e_lusiveness
entireness1048365___entireness
erectness1146125_erect___ness
erosiveness1447585_e_rosiveness
evasiveness1755745_e_vasiveness
exactingness2252125_exactingness
excessiveness2554965excessiveness
expensiveness2555585expensiveness
extensiveness2355305extensiveness
facileness1545505__fac_ileness
festivenesses1998435__festivenesses
fetidness1345445__fe_ti_dness
fictivenesses2157125__fictivenesses
forgiveness1864985__forgiveness
fugitiveness1964025_fugitiveness
futileness1346135__f_utileness
heftiness1536315hef__ti__ness
imitativeness1864735imitativeness
imperativeness2155475imperativeness
indecisiveness2063965indecisiveness
infectiousness1954305infectiousness
intensiveness1667485intensiveness
intuitiveness1656195intuitiveness
invectivenesses23106015invectivenesses
lifelikeness1951545life_likeness
lucrativeness1854575lucrativeness
meditativeness2062885meditativeness
nativeness1357835___nativeness
normativeness1855005normativeness
objectivenesses2994475objectivenesses
obsessiveness1764505obsessiveness
operativeness1876665operativeness
pensiveness1648655__pensiveness
perfectives2145475perfectiv__e_s
perfectness1853505perfect___ness
pervasiveness2155135pervasiveness
petiteness1248495__pe_titeness
plaintiveness1854085plaintiveness
positiveness1756495_positiveness
preciseness1545785_prec_iseness
primitiveness2054565primitiveness
productiveness2283285productiveness
promotiveness2053925promotiveness
punitiveness1755365_punitiveness
reactivenesses1956925re_activenesses
receptivenesses22106055receptivenesses
reclusiveness18185235reclusiveness
recursiveness1855395recursiveness
reductivenesses21145725reductivenesses
refections151811645refecti_on__s
refective1749115refectiv__e__
regressiveness1864225regressiveness
repressiveness1964815repressiveness
repulsiveness1854705repulsiveness
restrictiveness2093415restrictiveness
retentivenesses1896405retentivenesses
seclusiveness18145095seclusiveness
seductivenesses21145475seductivenesses
selectness1245455select___ness
sportiveness1766985_sportiveness
suggestiveness1962925suggestiveness
susceptiveness2163385susceptiveness
talkativeness2053005talkativeness
versatileness1654015versatileness
vindictiveness2363035vindictiveness
votiveness1646355___votiveness

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit1247901829.22013534.7
3Display Results1821820.1231479.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911829.73318359.3
 
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