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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fordevastative” 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.

15 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
devastative185343(None) 
devastate1344952devastat__e
devastating1644702devastating
devastation1546732devastation
denotative1456723de_notative
devastated1544123devastat_ed
devastates1444663devastat_es
devastations1645823devastations
devastator1453143devastat_or
devastators1552923devastators
deverbative2053623deverbative
deviative1647723dev__iative
evacuative1843733_evacuative
evaluative1644233_evaluative
gestative1347303ge__stative

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633155.01624249.0
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691155.15634656.9