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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 “appellatives” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

29 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
appellatives195204(None) 
appellative1853071appellative_
appellations1643532appellations
appellatively2361992appellatively
appellate1346193appellat__e_
appellation1564123appellati_on
superlatives1756573superlatives
ablatives1445504a___blatives
adversatives1952474adversatives
alternatives1553254alternatives
appellants1443964appella__nts
appellees1344034appell___ees
apperceives2052804appe_rceives
appetites1347514appe___tites
appetitive1753754appe_titive_
applicative2074714applicative_
appositives1854254app_ositives
appreciative2153944appreciative_
copulatives1844874cop_ulatives
cupellations1643804cupellations
elatives1139784___e_latives
illatives1245524___illatives
imperatives1846444impe_ratives
operatives15117884_ope_ratives
palliatives1643514_palliatives
pelletises1246354__pelletises
pelletizes2146064__pelletizes
relatives1239964__re_latives
superlative1648254superlative_

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790297.48316676.5
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.88922650.7
 
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