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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 “exaptive” 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.

59 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
exaptive204525(None) 
adaptive1445132adaptive
captive1438972_captive
elative10312452ela_tive
enactive1338512enactive
eruptive1345792eruptive
exceptive2345682exceptive
exemptive2343832exemptive
exertive1839082exertive
active11313743__active
adoptive1445503adoptive
amative12311733ama_tive
baptise1139553_baptise
baptize2036983_baptize
captives1538623_captives
coactive1598623coactive
dative10311813_da_tive
deceptive1746853deceptive
eductive1476863eductive
egestive1246833egestive
ejective2037153ejective
elaphine1346113elaphine
elapine9310673elap_ine
elatives1139783ela_tives
elective13311003elective
emanative1447313emanative
emotive1239193e_motive
erective13311833erective
ergative1238973ergative
eruptives1443853eruptives
evasive1344663eva_sive
exacting1838523exacting
exaction1738953exaction
exalting1638033exalting
examine161510033exa_mine
exapted1736073exapt_ed
excretive2145143excretive
executive2164743executive
exhaustive2352343exhaustive
expansive2144393expansive
expatiate1845423expatiate
expire1538023ex_p_ire
expletive2144443expletive
extortive1945143extortive
extractive2246603extractive
exudative2044893exudative
fixative2145083fixa_tive
inactive1348203inactive
laxative1845093laxative
native9613013_na_tive
negative1239083nega_tive
reactive13310473reactive
rebaptize2293373rebaptize
receptive1648323receptive
relative11313143rela_tive
sedative1238853seda_tive
sorptive1346473sorptive
stative102612933sta_tive
tractive13310043tractive

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 Filter1786911461620.826216332.9
2DLD Change Limit146162597.42319690.4
3Display Results59590.0301966.7
 (SQL Overall)178691598.27921583.6
 
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