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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 “prohibitiveness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
prohibitiveness257226(None) 
primitiveness2054563pr__imitiveness
positiveness1756494p_o__sitiveness
productiveness2283284pro_ductiveness
prohibitionist2162424prohibiti_onist
prohibitionists2272074prohibiti_onists
prohibitions1953834prohibiti_on__s
prohibitive2152824prohibitiv__e__
prohibitively2662004prohibitiv__ely
promotiveness2053924pro__motiveness
protectiveness2154594pro_tectiveness
provocativeness25132194provocativeness
acquisitiveness2971645acquisitiveness
combativeness2254175_co_mbativeness
definitiveness2163795_definitiveness
inquisitiveness2762665inquisitiveness
plaintiveness1854085p_lai_ntiveness
precipitateness2191965precipitateness
preventiveness2294895pr_eventiveness
primitivenesses2263945pr__imitivenesses
progressiveness2172865progressiveness
prohibiting1953935prohibiti__n__g
prohibition1854265prohibiti_on___
protrusiveness1962965pro_trusiveness
proximateness2462455proximat__eness
punitiveness1755365p___unitiveness
repetitiveness1963845_repetitiveness
resistiveness1656025_resi_stiveness
transitiveness1763275tr_ansitiveness

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874294.18615736.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.53239428.7
 
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