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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 “ligative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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92 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
ligative125880(None) 
dilative1239522dilative
ergative1238972ergative
fixative2145082fixative
illative1147182illative
laxative1845092laxative
legatine91311402legatine
ligate72519252ligat__e
ligating102212282ligating
ligation92313092ligation
ligature945132ligature
locative1338682locative
negative1239082negative
ablative1348243ablative
agatize1739833_agatize
agitative1346873agitative
amative12311733_amative
bigtime1235753big_time
bioactive1644133bioactive
climatize22136753climatize
colligative1754353colligative
conative131214623conative
creative132812803creative
curative13310403curative
dative10311813__dative
digestive1446243digestive
digitize1947023digitize
dilutive1255373dilutive
donative12139873donative
durative1239073durative
elative10312453_elative
ergatives1346443ergatives
fictive1537023fi_ctive
figurative1744113figurative
fixatives2243353fixatives
fricative1746743fricative
fugitive1544173fugitive
ideative1238573ideative
illatives1245523illatives
imitative1446333imitative
inactive1348203_inactive
isatine7311763_isatine
laudative1344753laudative
laxatives1943353laxatives
legalise949493legalise
legalize1839103legalize
legate72917453legat__e
legatee82814633legat_ee
legating102313113legating
legation92412933legation
lenitive1148493lenitive
liaise6310693li_a_ise
libation102411363libation
lifetime1343983lifetime
ligase7259913liga__se
ligated92414143ligat_ed
ligates82318383ligat_es
ligations102111993ligations
ligatured1143333ligatured
ligatures1044933ligatures
lighting132811833lighting
lightish1556623lightish
lightwave1952903lightwave
lignite81310303lig_nite
ligroine945693ligroine
limacine1246003limacine
limitative1544693limitative
locatives1446563locatives
lucrative1445863lucrative
mitigative1644093mitigative
mutative1348283mutative
native9613013__native
negatived1444333negatived
negatives1346583negatives
nightie1179653nighti_e
optative1347653optative
oxidative2044313oxidative
placative1646223placative
privative17188293privative
purgative1545283purgative
putative1348373putative
relative11313143relative
rotative11310343rotative
sanative11310473sanative
sedative1238853sedative
siccative1645103siccative
stative102612933_stative
urinative1247653urinative
vegetive1545543vegetive
vibrative1745583vibrative
violative1545113violative
vocative1637913vocative

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit146162926.62622058.9
3Display Results92920.0462000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691927.12225090.0
 
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