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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 “illustratively” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

40 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
illustratively206159(None) 
illustrative1562502illustrative__
alliteratively2062044alliteratively
illatively1644694ill____atively
illusively16103704illus____ively
illustrate1073444illustrat__e__
illustrated1262734illustrat__e_d
illustrates1173364illustrat__e_s
illustrating1372724illustrati__ng
illustration1253514illustrati__on
illustrational1461554illustrational
illustrations1353154illustrati_ons
imputatively2253274impu_t_atively
lucratively1984014__lu_cratively
adumbratively2462055_adumbratively
allusively1663105allus____ively
causatively1953765_caus__atively
collaboratively2571545collaboratively
curatively1845735__cu__ratively
deliberatively2372015deliberatively
demonstratively24172505demonstratively
facultatively2461475facult_atively
figuratively2253005figu__ratively
frustratingly2081415_frustratingly
illiterately1552305illiterat__ely
illuminatingly2091255illuminatingly
illuminative1763245illuminative__
illusorily1351845illusor__i__ly
illustrator1152115illustrat___or
illustrators1252005illustrat__ors
illustriously1661905illustr_iously
imitatively1954255i__mit_atively
imperatively2255575i__mperatively
instructively2164425i__nstructively
iteratively1745915i___teratively
nutritively1753875__nu_tritively
putatively1845065__pu_t_atively
remonstratively23172505remonstratively
remuneratively2262595remuneratively
vituperatively2561785vituperatively

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 Filter178691950240.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit95024405.68616711.9
3Display Results40400.0331212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691406.12529174.0
 
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