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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 “projective” 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.

45 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
projective244681(None) 
projectile2144551projectile
protective1748421protective
proactive1648362pro_active
productive1845512productive
projectiles2243812projectiles
projecting22177242projecting
projection2158762projection
projectively2953982projectively
prospective2055402prospective
rejective2148252_rejective
adjective2244813_adjective
bijective2343913_bijective
corrective1747443corrective
ejective2037153__ejective
erective13311833er__ective
injective2178023_injective
objective2345373_objective
orective1339353__orective
perfective2047193perfective
perspective2054863perspective
precative16312573pr__ecative
preceptive1947763preceptive
predictive1847423predictive
preventive1847543preventive
probative1649173pro_bative
procreative1846313procreative
project1838453project___
projectable2452903projectable
projected21165823project_ed
projections2258473projections
projector20186683project_or
projectors21187173projectors
projects1936413project__s
promotive1648033pro_motive
prosecting15189813prosecting
protecting151910213protecting
protection14511473protection
protectively2254723protectively
protensive1546203protensive
protractive1855633protractive
provocative2154643provocative
refective1749113_refective
subjective2444963subjective
surjective2244163surjective

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603456.56021433.4
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691456.98225593.1
 
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