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

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

13 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
effectivenesses266510(None) 
defectivenesses2496072defectivenesses
effectiveness2455672effectivene_s_s
electivenesses1957642e_lectivenesses
effectualnesses2391813effectualnesses
effetenesses1854523effe_t__enesses
effusivenesses2355743eff_usivenesses
festivenesses1998433__festivenesses
fictivenesses2157123__fictivenesses
invectivenesses23106013invectivenesses
objectivenesses2994473objectivenesses
offensivenesses2464573offensivenesses
selectivenesses2056003selectivenesses

Search took 2 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 Filter178691273830.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit27383130.89330664.1
3Display Results13130.0131000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691131.186150666.9