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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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84 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
defensively215415(None) 
defectively2345202defectively
defensibly1953722defensi_bly
defensive1644992defensive__
defensives1743862defensive_s
offensively2352762offensively
deceptively22104533deceptively
decisively1944073de_cisively
defensible1644593defensi_ble
definitely1753193defin_itely
definitively2253253definitively
degressively20174143degressively
delusively1753823de_lusively
depressively21114613depressively
derisively1744673de_risively
diffusively2452303diffusively
effusively2252853_effusively
expensively2654103expensively
extensively2453843extensively
intensively1756203intensively
ostensively1753713ostensively
pensively1745913__pensively
recessively1964683recessively
retentively1746083retentively
adhesively2052704adhe_sively
affectively2553974affectively
attentively1753864attentively
aversively1964084_aversively
caressively1953874caressively
coextensively2861554coextensively
cohesively2153864cohe_sively
deafeningly1952544deafen_ingly
decennially1753184decennially
deductively2154284deductively
defeasible1643524defeasi_ble
defective1848004defective__
defectives1945684defective_s
defense1137504defens__e__
defensed1336224defens__e_d
defenseless1551894defenseless
defenselessly207704defenselessly
defensemen1652724defenseme_n
defenses1237914defens__e_s
defensibility2254454defensibility
defensing14217004defensi__ng
defensiveness20115814defensiveness
densely1146714d__ens__ely
detersive1346344detersive__
detersives1444954detersive_s
digestively1953894digestively
digressively20143474digressively
dispersively2153514dispersively
divisively2053044d_ivisively
effectively2554494effectively
electively1846384_electively
elusively1544224_e_lusively
evasively1843374_e_vasively
excessively2663644excessively
expansively2653024expansively
festively1845774__festively
indefensibly21113684indefensi_bly
inexpensively2862364inexpensively
inoffensively2561684inoffensively
inventively2045754inventively
obsessively1953324obsessively
offensive1842774offensive__
offensives1952194offensive_s
perfectively2554834perfectively
pervasively2253324pervasively
preventively2354704preventively
protensively2053484protensively
receptively2165174receptively
reclusively1953364reclusively
recursively1953464recursively
reflectively2354814reflectively
reflexively2752164reflexively
regressively19124754regressively
repressively20155184repressively
repulsively1953424repulsively
responsively2052744responsively
seclusively1952944seclusively
selectively1945354selectively
suspensively2052664suspensively
tensilely1244124__tensilely

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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819849.36015899.5
3Display Results84840.0461826.1
 (SQL Overall)178691849.81218211.5
 
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