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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 “offensiveness” 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.

32 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
offensiveness227424(None) 
defensiveness20115812defensiveness
inoffensiveness2472172inoffensiveness
offensivenesses2464572offensivenesses
effectiveness2455673effectiveness
effusiveness2154933eff_usiveness
expensiveness2555583expensiveness
extensiveness2355303extensiveness
intensiveness1667483intensiveness
obsessiveness1764503obsessiveness
offenseless1751353offens__eless
offensives1952193offensiv__e_s
pensiveness1648653__pensiveness
adhesiveness1954384adhe_siveness
attentiveness1665154attentiveness
aversiveness1896234_aversiveness
cohesiveness2056054cohe_siveness
defectiveness2256544defectiveness
defensivenesses2255784defensivenesses
diffusiveness2353434diffusiveness
excessiveness2554964excessiveness
expansiveness2554304expansiveness
festiveness1748224__festiveness
inventiveness1956974inventiveness
objectiveness2755164objectiveness
obtrusiveness1874224obtrusiveness
offensive1842774offensiv__e__
offensively2352764offensiv__ely
oppressiveness2163474oppressiveness
possessiveness1763234possessiveness
recessiveness1865904recessiveness
retentiveness1657164retentiveness

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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024324.59320688.9
3Display Results32320.033969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691325.01635624.2
 
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