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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 “portative” 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.

71 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
portative144937(None) 
hortative1546431hortative
formative1747962formative
normative1448892normative
optative1347652_optative
partitive1447372partitive
probative1649172probative
purgative1545282purgative
putative1348372p_utative
rotative11310342ro_tative
agitative1346873agitative
apostatise1255253apostatise
apostatize2164573apostatize
assortative1473953assortative
cogitative1645933cogitative
combative1847213combative
conative131214623co_native
constative15410103constative
corrasive1445063corrasive
creative132812803_creative
curative13310403cur_ative
donative12139873do_native
durative1239073dur_ative
ergative1238973_ergative
exhortative2453053exhortative
forgetive16124463forgetive
formatives1846213formatives
fortalice1445773fortalice
gestative1347303gestative
gustative1345683gustative
hortatively2054053hortatively
imitative1446333imitative
irritative1345203irritative
locative1338683lo_cative
mutative1348283_mutative
narrative1247373narrative
nonnative1248343nonnative
operative141110553operative
optatives1445203_optatives
orective1339353_orective
partitives1546623partitives
pejorative2245693pejor_ative
permeative1748523permeative
pervasive1744483pervasive
placative1646223placative
pollutive1444713pollutive
portable12313203porta_ble
portage103013643porta__ge
portaging1346843portaging
portance12310113porta_nce
portside1138163port_side
positive1349993po_sitive
postdive1445763post_dive
potation101716783po_tation
precative16312573precative
privative17188293privative
proactive1648363proactive
procreative1846313procreative
promotive1648033promotive
protamine131310913protamine
protatic12314743protati_c
protective1748423protective
protractive1855633protractive
pulsative1455173pulsative
purgatives1643743purgatives
sorptive1346473sor_ptive
sportive1348333spor__tive
sporulative1653743sporulative
stative102612933__stative
tentative1247813tentative
vocative1637913vo_cative

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641716.50022867.8
3Display Results71710.0332151.5
 (SQL Overall)178691716.95325699.8
 
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