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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 “performatives” 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.

39 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
performatives239268(None) 
performative22103871performative_
deformative2044973de_formative_
formatives1846213___formatives
pejoratives2353503pe_jor_atives
perforates1558863perfor_at__es
perforations1747873perfor_ations
performances2172683performa_nces
preformations2045713preformations
reformative1945673re_formative_
affirmatives2352154_affirmatives
deformalizes2754874de_formalizes
deformations1846844de_formations
deformities1744284de_formiti_es
formative1747964___formative_
informative1965154_informative_
pejorative2245694pe_jor_ative_
perborates1459214perbor_at__es
perfectives2145474perf__ectives
perforate1459464perfor_at__e_
perforated1656894perfor_at__ed
perforating1747024perfor_ati_ng
perforation1649004perfor_ati_on
perforators1644854perfor_at_ors
performable2053134performa_ble_
performance2062834performa_nce_
performatory2252584performat_ory
perorates11417024per_or_at__es
perorations13314064per_or_ations
personative1647074perso_native_
preformation1946474preformati_on
preformats1744414preformat___s
preformatted2052274preformat_ted
preparatives1954444prepar_atives
prerogatives1853434prero_gatives
preservatives2152784preservatives
reformates1546264re_format__es
reformations1747604re_formations
restoratives1554154restor_atives

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 Filter178691950240.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit95024395.09618646.8
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691395.51532400.9
 
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