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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 “preservatives” 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.

31 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
preservatives215278(None) 
preservative2053951preservative_
preservations1895542preservations
conservatives2195193conservatives
preparatives1954443prepar_atives
presentative1755343presentative_
preservation1776283preservati_on
preventatives2152933preventatives
reservations1588583_reservations
conservative20106984conservative_
conservatizes27114454conservatizes
deverbatives2152174_deverbatives
pejoratives2353504p_ejor_atives
performatives2392684performatives
preoperative1955754preoper_ative_
preparative1846354prepar_ative_
prerogatives1853434pre_rogatives
prescriptive2153234prescriptive_
presentations1548134presentations
preservable1844164preserva_ble_
preservationist2062804preservationist
preserves14109074preser____ves
preservice1744484preserv__ice_
preventative2054314preventative_
preventives1945724preve__ntives
privatives18186474pr___ivatives
representatives20211894representatives
reservation1489144_reservati_on
reservices1544894_reserv__ices
restoratives1554154_restoratives
restrictives1755084_restrictives

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 Filter178691950240.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit95024315.96615927.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.12529174.0
 
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