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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 “affective” 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.

58 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
affective2013541(None) 
effective2076191effective
adjective2244812adjective
advective1845232advective
affecting1845232affecting
affection1745892affection
affectively2553972affectively
afflictive21102802afflictive
defective1848002defective
effectives21134562effectives
infective17108972infective
refective1749112refective
acceptive1845073acceptive
active11313743a___ctive
addictive1644563addictive
adductive1643963adductive
adjectives2343733adjectives
adventive1645813adventive
affect1448903affect___
affectable2043613affectable
affected1744793affect_ed
affecter1644523affect_er
affecters1763933affecters
affectioned2052453affectioned
affections1845893affections
affectivity25103253affectivity
affects1535393affect__s
affricative2253033affricative
aftertime1445473aftertime
agentive1248043a_gentive
arrestive1246753arrestive
assentive1245743assentive
assertive1246473assertive
attentive1245853attentive
bijective2343913bijective
defectives1945683defectives
deflective1956093deflective
detective1548103detective
directive1557773directive
effecting1845583effecting
effectively2554493effectively
ejective2037153_ejective
elective13311003_elective
erective13311833_erective
festive1339773__festive
fictive1537023__fictive
ineffective2273943ineffective
inflective18126573inflective
injective2178023injective
invective1798043invective
objective2345373objective
offensive1842773offensive
olfactive1743463olfactive
orective1339353_orective
perfective2047193perfective
reflective1857123reflective
rejective2148253rejective
selective1449523selective

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 Limit148641586.78321913.8
3Display Results58580.0301933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691587.23324705.0
 
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