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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 “preventive” 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.

47 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
preventive184754(None) 
preventives1945721preventives
preceptive1947762preceptive
preventative2054312preventative
preventible1854422preventible
preventing161210262preventing
prevention1549172prevention
preventively2354702preventively
resentive12410722_resentive
retentive1249852_retentive
revertive1548852_revertive
adventive1645813_adventive
eventide1246853__eventide
inventive1588043_inventive
pendentive1645003pendentive
percentile1447413percentile
perceptive1946803perceptive
perfective2047193perfective
permeative1748523permeative
perversive1844353perversive
precative16312573pre_cative
precenting151012153precenting
predestine1349323predestine
predictive1847423predictive
preemptive1944143preemptive
prehensile1544663prehensile
prentice121012353pr__entice
presentative1755343presentative
presentee11411863present_ee
presenting131013023presenting
presentism1447243presentism
presentist12410093presentist
prevent124016553prevent___
preventable1844983preventable
preventatives2152933preventatives
prevented1539003prevent_ed
preventer1438593prevent_er
preventers1547393preventers
preventions1648533preventions
prevents133012303prevent__s
privative17188293priv_ative
projective2446813projective
protective1748423protective
protensive1546203protensive
receptive1648333_receptive
refective1749113_refective
rejective2148253_rejective

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603476.65621124.2
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691477.09225196.1
 
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