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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 “excursive” 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.

33 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
excursive214393(None) 
cursive1237832__cursive
excessive2145042excessive
exclusive2144422exclusive
excursion1844612excursion
excursively2652822excursively
expulsive2143902expulsive
extrusive1944802extrusive
incursive1445252incursive
recursive1445452recursive
cursives1337103__cursives
discursive1644103discursive
effusive1743273effu_sive
elusive1057003e_lu_sive
emulsive1344533e_mulsive
endorsive1344213endorsive
exceptive2345683exceptive
exclusives2243323exclusives
excretive2145143excretive
excursions1944323excursions
excursus1742593excurs_us
excursuses1951493excursuses
excuse1537423excu_s__e
excusing1836503excu_sing
executive2164743execu_tive
exertive1839083ex_ertive
expansive2144393expansive
expensive2145843expensive
explosive2144833explosive
exquisite2543433exquisite
extensive1945723extensive
extortive1945143extortive
percussive1743823percussive

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641336.72022119.2
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.15624970.8
 
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