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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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135 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
elective1331100(None) 
ejective2037151ejective
electives1448931electives
erective13311831erective
selective1449521selective
defective1848002defective
deflective1956092deflective
detective1548102detective
eductive1476862eductive
effective2076192effective
egestive1246832egestive
ejectives2145442ejectives
elative10312452el_ative
electee92513242elect_ee
electing112113782electing
election102015352election
electively1846382electively
enactive1338512enactive
erectile1039512erectile
executive2164742executive
exertive1839082exertive
orective1339352orective
refective1749112refective
reflective1857122reflective
rejective2148252rejective
active11313743__active
adjective2244813adjective
advective1845233advective
affective20135413affective
agentive1248043agentive
bijective2343913bijective
celestine11147943celestine
celestite11167033celestite
coactive1598623coactive
collective1747123collective
creative132812803creative
deceive1337813_deceive
deceptive1746853deceptive
decoctive1745863decoctive
deductive1645473deductive
defectives1945683defectives
delectate1248743delectate
depletive1545623deple_tive
detectives1645783detectives
directive1557773directive
eclectic1156073eclecti_c
eclectics1254813eclectics
educative15136553educative
effectives21134563effectives
ejecting18268163ejecting
ejection172510043ejection
elatives1139783el_atives
elect74327033elect___
electable13149623electable
elected102812613elect_ed
electees10238723electees
elections112414973elections
elector93313263elect_or
electors103013863electors
electret10412003electret
electric1249183electric
electrics1348003electrics
electrify1744673electrify
electro92810033elect_ro
electrode1247043electrode
electroed1247003electroed
electron102611413electron
electros102811753electros
electrum1245213electrum
elects83315003elect__s
elegise8139393ele_gise
elegize17127383ele_gize
elenctic1245883elencti_c
elusive1057003el_usive
emetine9712943eme_tine
emotive1239193e_motive
erecting112415063erecting
erection102115513erection
ergative1238973ergative
eruptive1345793eruptive
evection131910833evection
eventide1246853eventide
evocative1746293evocative
exaptive2045253exaptive
exceptive2345683exceptive
execrative2246043execrative
executives2263163executives
exemptive2343833exemptive
expletive2144443exple_tive
festive1339773_festive
fictive1537023_fictive
flection13239563flection
flextime2042813flextime
helictite1445973helictite
ideative1238573ideative
illative1147183illative
inactive1348203inactive
infective17108973infective
inflective18126573inflective
injective2178023injective
invective1798043invective
lectin82515013_lecti_n
lectins92515003_lectins
lection92614863_lection
lecture9149523_lecture
lenitive1148493lenitive
locative1338683_locative
nonelective1666853nonelective
objective2345373objective
olfactive1743463olfactive
pectize20259913_pectize
perfective2047193perfective
placative1646223placative
precative16312573precative
reactive13310473reactive
receive1239733_receive
receptive1648333receptive
reductive1547793reductive
relative11313143rel_ative
resentive12410723resentive
respective1747623respective
restive10315933_restive
retentive1249853retentive
revertive1548853revertive
sectile9311973_sectile
seductive1545613seductive
selectee10910493select_ee
selecting12310533selecting
selection11311273selection
selectively1945353selectively
smectite1245773smectite
tectite9310583_tectite
tractive13310043tractive
unselective1653763unselective
vegetive1545543vege_tive

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit1461621357.51619446.8
3Display Results1351350.0632142.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911357.99922339.2
 
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