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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 “excessive” 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.

36 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
excessive214504(None) 
exceptive2345682exceptive
excessing1945712excessing
excessively2663642excessively
exclusive2144422exclusive
excursive2143932excursive
expensive2145842expensive
expressive2285932expressive
extensive1945722extensive
recessive1447262recessive
ascensive1444183ascensive
caressive1445823caressive
concessive1745823concessive
degressive1545143degressive
depressive1646323depressive
egestive1246833e_gestive
emissive1345923e_missive
excelsior1852333excelsior
excess1546053excess___
excessed1844943excess_ed
excesses1736753excess_es
exclusives2243323exclusives
excretive2145143excretive
executive2164743executive
exertive1839083ex_ertive
expansive2144393expansive
explosive2144833explosive
expulsive2143903expulsive
extensile1645033extensile
extrusive1944803extrusive
obsessive1443743obsessive
percussive1743823percussive
recessives1545673recessives
regressive1446493regressive
repressive1548113repressive
successive1753193successive

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641367.03321134.8
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.49923828.6
 
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