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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 “appreciative” 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.

42 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
appreciative215394(None) 
appreciate1655222appreciat__e
appreciating1954082appreciating
appreciation1855282appreciation
appreciatively2672302appreciatively
depreciative2084082depreciative
inappreciative2361702inappreciative
unappreciative2381602unappreciative
appellative1853073app_ellative
apperceptive2052953apperceptive
appetitive1753753app_eti_tive
applicative2074713applic_ative
appreciable1953843apprecia_ble
appreciated1854203appreciat_ed
appreciates1754723appreciat_es
appreciations1964753appreciations
appreciator1754113appreciat_or
appreciators1853513appreciators
appreciatory2153193appreciatory
appropriative1963023appropriative
approximative2961923approximative
precative16312573__prec_ative
affricative2253034affric_ative
aggregative1753364aggre_gative
appellatives1952044app_ellatives
apperceive1953274apperc__eive
appointive1793804app__ointive
appositive1744844app_osi_tive
appraisive1753204appr_ai_sive
appreciably2253044apprecia_bly
apprehensive2262574apprehensive
apprentice1654324appre__ntice
associative1653854a_ssociative
depreciate1555084depreciat__e
depreciating1845034depreciating
depreciation1747074depreciation
expectative2553584exp_ectative
preceptive1947764__preceptive
predicative1947374__predicative
predictive1847424__predictive
recitative1548184___recitative
unappreciation2061964unappreciation

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790427.65616299.6
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691428.09222082.4
 
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