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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 “festiveness” 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.

33 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
festiveness174822(None) 
restiveness1449661restiveness
costiveness1648212costiveness
fertileness1447572fertileness
festivenesses1998432festivenesses
fictiveness1946312fictiveness
furtiveness1746532furtiveness
activeness1547703_activeness
amativeness1646223amativeness
creativeness1747763creativeness
defectiveness2256543defectiveness
effectiveness2455673effectiveness
electiveness1757553electiveness
entireness1048363_entireness
feistiness1345073feisti__ness
fetidness1345443fe_ti_dness
forgiveness1864983forgiveness
fugitiveness1964023fugitiveness
fustiness121910243fusti__ness
futileness1346133f_utileness
massiveness1645263massiveness
nativeness1357833_nativeness
negativeness1656083negativeness
passiveness1646263passiveness
pensiveness1648653pensiveness
petiteness1248493pe_titeness
positiveness1756493positiveness
reactiveness1756923reactiveness
resistiveness1656023resistiveness
restivenesses1679443restivenesses
sensitiveness1655813sensitiveness
testiness9209753testi__ness
votiveness1646353_votiveness

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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633334.82625203.7
3Display Results33330.0331000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691335.25234023.4
 
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