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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 “preventatives” 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.

27 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
preventatives215293(None) 
preventative2054311preventative_
presentative1755342presentative_
preventives1945722preven__tives
frequentatives29141363frequentatives
presentations1548133presentations
preservatives2152783preservatives
preventive1847543preven__tive_
representatives20211893representatives
augmentatives1961934augmentatives
deverbatives2152174_deverbatives
fermentative20113894fermentative_
frequentative28131764frequentative_
prebendaries1752814prebendari_es
premeditative2162914premeditative_
preparatives1954444pre_paratives
prerogatives1853434pre_rogatives
presentation1448994presentati_on
preservative2053954preservative_
preventable1844984preventa_ble_
preventions1648534preven__tions
preventively2354704preven__tively
privatives18186474priv___atives
provocatives2253374prov_ocatives
recitatives1645194_re_citatives
representative19192314representative_
tentatives1345484___tentatives

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024275.80016383.4
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691275.93930087.7
 
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