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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 “distractive” 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.

29 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
distractive174677(None) 
abstractive1854892abstractive
destructive1755692destructive
detractive1647372d_etractive
distinctive1754932distinctive
distractible1763542distractible
distracting1569252distracting
distraction1449112distraction
attractive1545553_attractive
contractive1849523contractive
directive1557773di__rective
disjunctive24133323disjunctive
disruptive1684233dis_ruptive
distract11313023distract___
distractable1753603distractable
distracted1448873distract_ed
distractions1548753distractions
distracts1249283distract__s
distraite10611483distra__ite
distributive1853723distributive
districting1559003districting
extractive2246603_extractive
instructive1656483instructive
interactive1659633_interactive
obstructive1854613obstructive
protractive1855633protractive
restrictive1646363restrictive
subtractive1854663subtractive
tractive13310043___tractive

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633294.57626580.6
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.98535845.7
 
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