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

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

44 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
obsessiveness176450(None) 
obsessivenesses18104442obsessivenesses
possessiveness1763232possessiveness
excessiveness2554963excessiveness
objectiveness2755163objectiveness
obsessives1552953obsessiv__e_s
obtrusiveness1874223obtrusiveness
offensiveness2274243offensiveness
oppressiveness2163473oppressiveness
recessiveness1865903recessiveness
abrasiveness1754934ab_rasiveness
abusiveness16165264ab__usiveness
adhesiveness1954384adhe_siveness
aggressiveness1962664aggressiveness
assertiveness1655504assertiveness
aversiveness1896234_aversiveness
cohesiveness2056054cohe_siveness
defensiveness20115814defensiveness
digressiveness1963374digressiveness
dispersiveness20104054dispersiveness
expensiveness2555584expensiveness
expressiveness2664124expressiveness
extensiveness2355304extensiveness
festiveness1748224__festiveness
impassiveness2054494impassiveness
impressiveness2164464impressiveness
ingressiveness1864164ingressiveness
intensiveness1667484intensiveness
massiveness1645264__massiveness
obeseness1145894ob_e_s__eness
obsessions1244274obsessi_on__s
obsessive1443744obsessiv__e__
obsessively1953324obsessiv__ely
passiveness1646264__passiveness
pensiveness1648654__pensiveness
progressiveness2172864progressiveness
regressiveness1864224regressiveness
repressiveness1964814repressiveness
resistiveness1656024resistiveness
restiveness1449664__restiveness
suasiveness1446434__suasiveness
submissiveness2062254submissiveness
subversiveness2263044subversiveness
successiveness2072814successiveness

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024445.08018705.5
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691445.47032667.5
 
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