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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 “decorative” 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.

49 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
decorative164892(None) 
declarative1754312declarative
decoctive1745862deco_ctive
decorate11315192decorat__e
decorating14312072decorating
decoration13314422decoration
decoratively2154442decoratively
decretive1547492dec_retive
deformative2044972deformative
denotative1456722denotative
derogative1546982derogative
detonative1447132detonative
pejorative2245692pejorative
conative131214623__conative
curative13310403__curative
deceptive1746853dec_eptive
decorated13312203decorat_ed
decorates12314743decorat_es
decorations14312883decorations
decorator1248573decorat_or
decorators1347873decorators
democratize2555273democratize
demoralize2269223demoralize
denigrative1655483denigrative
denotive1238673deno__tive
derivative1746683derivative
detractive1647373de_tractive
deverbative2053623deverbative
deviative1647723de_viative
donative12139873d__onative
durative1239073d__urative
evocative1746293_evocative
execrative2246043exec_rative
federative1746163federative
generative1458563generative
lacerative1556283lacerative
lucrative1445863luc_rative
meliorative1655153meliorative
pejoratives2353503pejoratives
recitative1548183recitative
recreative1549023recreative
reformative1945673reformative
renovative1645433renovative
reparative1548173reparative
resorptive1544763resorptive
restorative1446943restorative
secretive1446933sec_retive
separative1546973separative
ulcerative1545173ulcerative

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 Limit140603496.59321326.1
3Display Results49490.0331484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691497.03225411.1
 
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