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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 “inventiveness” 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.

62 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
inventiveness195697(None) 
invectiveness2156731invectiveness
intensiveness1667482intensiveness
inventivenesses21136252inventivenesses
attentiveness1665153attentiveness
inattentiveness1862893inattentiveness
insensitiveness1863543insensitiveness
intuitiveness1656193intuitiveness
invasiveness1855713inv_asiveness
invectivenesses23106013invectivenesses
preventiveness2294893preventiveness
retentiveness1657163retentiveness
assertiveness1655504assertiveness
aversiveness1896234_aversiveness
creativeness1747764_creativeness
deceptiveness2155694deceptiveness
defectiveness2256544defectiveness
defensiveness20115814defensiveness
effectiveness2455674effectiveness
electiveness1757554_electiveness
entireness1048364___entireness
expensiveness2555584expensiveness
extensiveness2355304extensiveness
festiveness1748224__festiveness
imitativeness1864734imitativeness
imperativeness2155474imperativeness
incentives1578044incentiv__e_s
incentivizes2653524incentivize_s
incisiveness1756334in_cisiveness
inclusiveness1855124inclusiveness
indecisiveness2063964indecisiveness
ineffectiveness2683004ineffectiveness
inexpensiveness2762784inexpensiveness
infiniteness1555734infin_iteness
ingressiveness1864164ingressiveness
innovativeness2063174innovativeness
inoffensiveness2472174inoffensiveness
inoperativeness2073894inoperativeness
insensibleness1684404insensibleness
insentiences1455464insenti_ences
intenseness1156574inten__seness
intensivenesses1856284intensivenesses
intentness1047364intent___ness
intrusiveness1656314intrusiveness
invectives1885904invectiv__e_s
inventions1348314inventi_on__s
inventive1588044inventiv__e__
inventively2045754inventiv__ely
inventress1343624invent___ress
inventresses1553024invent_resses
invincibleness2173104invincibleness
nativeness1357834_n__ativeness
negativeness1656084_negativeness
objectiveness2755164objectiveness
offensiveness2274244offensiveness
pensiveness1648654__pensiveness
plaintiveness1854084plaintiveness
receptiveness2056124receptiveness
restiveness1449664__restiveness
selectiveness1856514selectiveness
vindictiveness2363034vindictiveness
votiveness1646354__v_otiveness

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit95024624.45321339.3
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691624.82637026.7
 
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