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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 “expensive” 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
expensive214584(None) 
expansive2144391expansive
extensive1945721extensive
excessive2145042excessive
expansile1843942expansile
expense16127872expens__e
expensing1946002expensing
expensively2654102expensively
explosive2144832explosive
expressive2285932expressive
expulsive2143902expulsive
extensile1645032extensile
inexpensive2352562inexpensive
pensive122610392__pensive
ascensive1444183ascensive
aspersive1445893aspersive
coextensive2371983coextensive
defensive1644993defensive
exceptive2345683exceptive
exclusive2144423exclusive
excursive2143933excursive
exertive1839083ex_ertive
expanse16145603expans__e
expansible2153553expansible
expansion1844443expansion
expansively2653023expansively
expedite1847263expe_dite
expending2045933expending
expensed18126413expens_ed
expenses17138373expens_es
expertise1847933expertise
expertize2746583expertize
expletive2144443expletive
explosives2243643explosives
extensible1954013extensible
extension1646293extension
extensity1944723extensity
extensively2453843extensively
extrusive1944803extrusive
intensive1248403intensive
offensive1842773offensive
ostensive1244733ostensive
pensile92713543__pensile
responsive1553383responsive
suspensive1553873suspensive
tensive10269913__tensive

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641466.34323433.9
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691466.51527427.6
 
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