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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 “caressive” 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.

37 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
caressive144582(None) 
caressing1238802caressing
caressively1953872caressively
crescive1545282c_rescive
aggressive1554253aggressive
arrestive1246753arrestive
aversive1447443_aversive
caregiver1542713care_giver
caress85720263caress___
caressed1139173caress_ed
caresser1038813caress_er
caressers1137443caressers
caresses10314063caress_es
cassine93817283ca__ssine
cerussite1144013cerussite
cohesive1646073cohe_sive
compressive2055303compressive
concessive1745823concessive
corrasive1445063corrasive
corrosive1445233corrosive
creative132812803c_reative
cursive1237833cur__sive
degressive1545143degressive
depressive1646323depressive
digressive1554583digressive
excessive2145043excessive
expressive2285933expressive
impressive1746293impressive
ingressive1455263ingressive
massive12289773ma__ssive
obsessive1443743obsessive
oppressive1745373oppressive
passive12239593pa__ssive
recessive1447263recessive
regressive1446493regressive
repressive1548113repressive
restive10315933__restive

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641376.76321978.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.20224811.3
 
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