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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 “laxatives” 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.

49 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
laxatives194335(None) 
laxative1845091laxative_
fixatives2243352fixatives
laxations1637622laxations
laxities1539092laxiti_es
locatives1446562locatives
abatises10311013_abatises
ablatives1445503ablatives
actives12311523_a_ctives
agatizes1838863_agatizes
amative12311733_amative_
apatites10311293_apatites
calmatives1744733calmatives
captives1538623ca_ptives
causatives1543633causatives
creatives14279693creatives
curatives1437823curatives
datives11310073__datives
donatives13146903donatives
duratives1346223duratives
elatives1139783_elatives
ergatives1346443ergatives
fixative2145083fixative_
illatives1245523illatives
laities7320343la_iti_es
latices9313763l__atices
lattices1038383la_ttices
laudative1344753laudative_
lavations1238973lavations
laxation1538423laxati_on
lenitives1247503lenitives
ligative1258803ligative_
locative1338683locative_
luxates1436973luxat__es
luxations1637273luxations
narratives1344793narratives
natives10310823__natives
negatives1346583negatives
optatives1445203optatives
palatines11313033palatines
placative1646223placative_
relatives1239963relatives
sanative11310473sanative_
saxatile1544953saxatile_
sedatives1346153sedatives
statives112710793_statives
taxations1636863taxations
vocatives1745883vocatives
zaratites1847003zaratites

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641498.75016987.5
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691499.18619452.5
 
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