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

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

49 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
protective174842(None) 
projective2446811projective
proactive1648362pro_active
productive1845512productive
projectile2144552projectile
prospective2055402prospective
protecting151910212protecting
protection14511472protection
protectively2254722protectively
protensive1546202protensive
protractive1855632protractive
corrective1747443corrective
detective1548103_detective
erective13311833er__ective
orective1339353__orective
perfective2047193perfective
perspective2054863perspective
portative1449373port_ative
precative16312573pr__ecative
preceptive1947763preceptive
predictive1847423predictive
preventive1847543preventive
probative1649173pro_bative
procreative1846313procreative
projectiles2243803projectiles
projecting22177243projecting
projection2158763projection
projectively2953983projectively
promotive1648033pro_motive
prosecting15189813prosecting
protect11313633protect___
protectant1446913protectant
protected14158653protect_ed
protecter13179103protect_er
protecters14168253protecters
protections15510703protections
protector13169533protect_or
protectors142010143protectors
protectory17157483protectory
protects1239743protect__s
proteide11239723prote__ide
protesting131910253protesting
protractile1554103protractile
protrusive1553393protrusive
provocative2154643provocative
refective1749113_refective
rejective2148253_rejective
retentive1249853_retentive
rotative11310343_rot_ative

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603496.33022212.2
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691496.75226464.9
 
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