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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foroffensive” 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.

22 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
offensive184277(None) 
offensives1952191offensives
defensive1644992defensive
inoffensive2051742inoffensive
offense1343682offens__e
offensively2352762offensively
ostensive1244732ostensive
affective20135413affective
ascensive1444183ascensive
defensives1743863defensives
effective2076193effective
effusive1743263eff_usive
expensive2145843expensive
extensive1945723extensive
intensive1248403intensive
obsessive1443743obsessive
offence1545353offen__ce
offending1744093offending
offenses1443833offens_es
offside1453693off__side
pensive122610393__pensive
tensive10269913__tensive

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641226.17024090.9
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691226.60927037.5