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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 “invectives” 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.

45 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
invectives188590(None) 
invective1798041invective_
incentives1578042incentives
inceptives1775792inceptives
infective17108972infective_
injective2178022injective_
invectively2255182invectively
inventive1588042inventive_
adjectives2343733adjectives
advective1845233advective_
adventives1745123adventives
connectives1847503connectives
convective2049113convective_
defectives1945683defectives
detectives1645783detectives
directives1655833directives
effectives21134563effectives
ejectives2145443_ejectives
electives1448933_electives
inactive1348203in_active_
incentive1489603incentive_
inceptive1677823inceptive_
indicatives1745123indicatives
inductive1547263inductive_
infections15510233infections
infectious1545603infectious
inflective18126573inflective_
ingestive1347393ingestive_
injections1948663injections
insectile1147113insectile_
insectivores17101723insectivores
inspective1746403inspective_
intensives1347393intensives
interties9320333interti_es
intestines10410253intestines
invected14258883invect__ed
invectiveness2156733invectiveness
inventions1348313inventions
inventively2045753inventively
inverities13410623inverities
inversive1557193inversive_
invertases1345783invertases
invertins12911023inverti_ns
objectives2444533objectives
undeceives1643863undeceives

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603455.68624727.9
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691456.10829255.2
 
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