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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 “creative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

25 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
creative13281280(None) 
creatine103417411creatine
creatives14279691creatives
conative131214622conative
create85126382creat__e
creatin93618132creati_n
creatines112814432creatines
creating113921952creating
creatins103617512creatins
creation102816512creation
creatively1846672creatively
creature1038742creature
crescive1545282crescive
curative13310402curative
erective13311832erective
ergative1238972ergative
ideative1238572ideative
orective1339352orective
precative16312572precative
reactive13310472_reactive
recreative1549022recreative
relative11313142_relative
restive10315932_restive
treatise8311102treatise
uncreative1547532uncreative

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059254.03030039.5
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691254.43640282.0
 
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