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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 “electively” 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.

40 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
electively184638(None) 
selectively1945351selectively
defectively2345202defectively
effectively2554492effectively
elective13311002elective__
electives1448922elective_s
reflectively2354812reflectively
actively1647063__actively
adjectively2753633adjectively
affectively2553973affectively
collectively22114623collectively
creatively1846673creatively
deceptively22104533deceptively
deductively2154283deductively
ejective2037153ejective__
ejectives2145443ejective_s
elusively1544223el_usively
emotively1744403e_motively
erective13311833erective__
eruptively1844843eruptively
evocatively2253683evocatively
festively1845773_festively
fictively2044603_fictively
illatively1644683illatively
inactively1845313inactively
invectively2255183invectively
lenitively1644693lenitively
objectively2854583objectively
perfectively2554833perfectively
reactively1845883reactively
receptively2165173receptively
reductively2045163reductively
relatively1646803rel_atively
respectively2285183respectively
restively1548313_restively
retentively1746083retentively
seductively2054293seductively
selective1449523selective__
selectivity1954783selectivity
unselectively2162423unselectively

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit140603406.37622051.9
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.54527301.9
 
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