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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

54 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
definitively225325(None) 
definitely1753192definit__ely
definitive1745082definitive__
definitives1844212definitive_s
infinitively2153852infinitively
defectively2345203def_ectively
defensively2154153defen_sively
definitize2344673definitize__
definitized2553813definitize_d
definitizes2444683definitize_s
derivatively2264313derivatively
diminutively2182233diminutively
lenitively1644693le__nitively
cognitively2053254_cognitively
deceptively22104534de_ceptively
decisively1944074de__cisively
decoratively2154444decoratively
deductively2154284de_ductively
definite1239324definit__e__
definiteness16105044definiteness
definition1445964definiti__on
definitional1653034definitional
definitions1545604definiti_ons
definitiveness2163794definitiveness
definitizing2672994definitizing
definitude1552634definitude__
definitudes1652534definitude_s
derisively1744664de__risively
descriptively2472324descriptively
detractively2154904detractively
distinctively2263324distinctively
divisively2053044d__ivisively
effectively2554494_effectively
fictively2044604__fi_ctively
finitely1445664__finit__ely
fugitively2053194__fugitively
indefinitely1962334indefinit__ely
infinitely1654364infinit__ely
infinitival1752454infinitival_
infinitive1645344infinitive__
infinitives1744684infinitive_s
meditatively2153564meditatively
plaintively1952984plain_tively
primitively2154244_primitively
punitively18124824__punitively
reflectively2354814reflectively
refractively2354774refractively
repetitively2053524repetitively
resistively1745034resi_stively
retentively1746084reten_tively
ruminatively2053484ruminatively
sensitively1754994se_nsitively
terminatively2153174terminatively
unitively1586174___unitively

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 Filter1786911247900.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit124790547.57616471.8
3Display Results54540.0331636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691547.74923059.9
 
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