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

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

15 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
preventively235470(None) 
preventive1847542preventive__
preventives1945722preventive_s
retentively1746082_retentively
inventively2045753_inventively
perceptively2454513perceptively
perfectively2554833perfectively
predictively2384163predictively
preemptively2452953preemptively
preventible1854423preventi_ble
privatively2245083priv_atively
projectively2953983projectively
protectively2254723protectively
protensively2053483protensively
receptively2165173_receptively

Search took 4 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024153.56326669.7
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691153.92345549.6