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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 “photoreceptive” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

27 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
photoreceptive267296(None) 
photoreception2373782photoreception
chemoreceptive28111503chemoreceptive
photoreceptions2473353photoreceptions
photoreceptor2282863photorecept_or
photoreceptors2392653photoreceptors
photonegative2263394photone_gative
photosensitive22183424photosensitive
preceptive1947764p____receptive
chemoreception2571825chemoreception
contraceptive2253005_contraceptive
exteroceptive2791505_exteroceptive
interoceptive2074455_interoceptive
nondeceptive2053735_no_ndeceptive
perceptive1946805p___er_ceptive
photoemissive2392195photo_emissive
photoinductive2572195photoinductive
photooxidative3072385photooxidative
photopositive2383655photo_positive
photoreaction20134175photore_action
photoreduction2283715photoreduction
photosensitize28203845photosensitize
proprioceptive2291435proprioceptive
protective1748425prot__ec__tive
protractive1855635prot_rac__tive
receptive1648325_____receptive
unreceptive1853215___unreceptive

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024276.56314478.7
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.93625762.8
 
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