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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 “talkativeness” 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.

30 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
talkativeness205300(None) 
talkativenesses2273402talkativenesses
amativeness1646223_a_mativeness
tentativeness1655023tentativeness
abortiveness1755324_abortiveness
abrasiveness1754934_abrasiveness
activeness1547704_a__ctiveness
adaptiveness1853644_adaptiveness
aliveness1238224_al___iveness
allusiveness1554404_allusiveness
attentiveness1665154attentiveness
attractiveness1983554attractiveness
combativeness2254174combativeness
creativeness1747764_creativeness
electiveness1757554_electiveness
evocativeness2154184evocativeness
imitativeness1864734imitativeness
lucrativeness1854574lucrativeness
nativeness1357834___nativeness
negativeness1656084_negativeness
normativeness1855004normativeness
operativeness1876664operativeness
palatialness1453234pal_atialness
plaintiveness1854084plaintiveness
selectiveness1856514selectiveness
talkative1644304talkativ__e__
talkatively2152664talkativ__ely
talkiness1356914talk__i__ness
transitiveness1763274transitiveness
volatileness1553944vol_atileness

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024306.19015351.2
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691306.56327227.0
 
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