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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 “derivative” 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.

46 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
derivative174668(None) 
derivatives1844641derivatives
derivatize2345981derivatize
derivate12311202derivat__e
derivation14712782derivation
derivatively2264312derivatively
derivatized2554512derivatized
derivatizes2445152derivatizes
derogative1546982derogative
deviative1647732devi_ative
privative17188292_privative
decorative1648923decorative
definitive1745083definitive
degradative1763083degradative
delineative1554663delineative
denigrative1655483denigrative
denotative1456723denotative
deprivation1788773deprivation
derisive1247503deri__sive
derivable1548063deriva_ble
derivates13310103derivat_es
derivations15611493derivations
desiccative1953943desiccative
designative1654333designative
detonative1447133detonative
dilative1239523d__ilative
dominative1677393dominative
durative1239073dur__ative
ergative1238973_er_gative
fricative1746743_fricative
germinative1755043germinative
irritative1345203irritative
mediative1548123medi_ative
meditative1646283meditative
motivative1844283motivative
nonderivative2063513nonderivative
permeative1748523permeative
pervasive1744483per_vasive
privatise14167773_privatise
privatives18186473_privatives
privatize23167043_privatize
recitative1548183recitative
renovative1645433renovative
reprivatize2554413reprivatize
terminative1656133terminative
urinative1247653_urinative

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603466.84320547.0
3Display Results46460.0331393.9
 (SQL Overall)178691467.29624491.6
 
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