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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 “definitives” 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.

29 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
definitives184421(None) 
definitive1745081definitive_
definitizes2444681definitizes
definitions1545602definitions
definitively2253252definitively
definitize2344672definitize_
definitized2553812definitized
definitudes1652532definitudes
infinitives1744682infinitives
affinities1645713affiniti_es
debilities13411293debiliti_es
defectives1945683def_ectives
defensives1743863defen_sives
definite1239323definit__e_
definiteness16105043definiteness
definition1445963definiti_on
definitiveness2163793definitiveness
definitude1552633definitude_
derivatives1844643derivatives
diminutives1752583diminutives
divinities1447733diviniti_es
felinities1349433feliniti_es
feminities1549673feminiti_es
genitives1346663ge__nitives
infinities1369443infiniti_es
infinitive1645343infinitive_
lenitives1247503le__nitives
retinitides1244743retinitides
retinitises1145983retinitises

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121633294.62626293.3
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691295.04535419.4
 
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