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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 “depressives” 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.

28 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
depressives174517(None) 
depressive1646321depressive_
degressive1545142degressive_
depresses1259882depress__es
depressions1447312depressions
depressively21114612depressively
repressive1548112repressive_
defensives1743863de_fensives
degressively20174143degressively
depressants1453013depressants
depressed1357623depress__ed
depressible1654593depressible
depressing1448093depressi_ng
depression1347503depressi_on
depressors1354903depress_ors
depressurizes2562003depressurizes
deprives1438393depr___ives
detersives1444953de_tersives
digressive1554583digressive_
expressive2285933expressive_
impressive1746293impressive_
ingressives1554253ingressives
oppressive1745373oppressive_
recessives1545673re_cessives
regressive1446493regressive_
represses11412143repress__es
repressions1348963repressions
repressively20155183repressively

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633284.84325115.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691285.26533939.4
 
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