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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 “explicative” 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.

26 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
explicative255445(None) 
applicative2074712applicative
duplicative1954172duplicative
explanative2353102explanative
explicate20117492explicat__e
explicating2356122explicating
explication2248452explication
explicatively30102562explicatively
exploitative2452592exploitative
explorative2354242explorative
implicative2054662implicative
replicative1846082replicative
excitative2245023ex_citative
exfoliative2452483exfoli_ative
expectative2553583expectative
expletive2144443expl__etive
explicable2344343explica_ble
explicated22106103explicat_ed
explicates2196663explicat_es
explications2347533explications
explicator2145153explicat_or
explicators2244713explicators
explicatory2553843explicatory
exploitive2253463expl_oitive
placative1646223__placative
reduplicative2172833reduplicative

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 Filter1786911216330.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121633266.09619952.9
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.54527301.9
 
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