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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 “protensively” 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.

35 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
protensively205348(None) 
protectively2254722protectively
protensive1546202protensive__
protrusively2052522protrusively
extensively2453843_extensively
intensively1756203_intensively
ostensively1753713_ostensively
pensively1745913p___ensively
preventively2354703preventively
progressively2263683progressively
projectively2953983projectively
retentively1746083_retentively
apprehensively2761384apprehensively
attentively1753864_attentively
coextensively2861554coextensively
cohesively2153864_cohe_sively
defensively2154154_defensively
expensively2654104_expensively
grotesquely2481484grote_squely
inoffensively2561684inoffensively
offensively2352764_offensively
possessively2052974possessively
potentially1656804p_otentially
preclusively2252484preclusively
prelusively1953554pr_elusively
prepensely1753314prepens__ely
productively2353514productively
propensity1774674propensi__ty
prospectively2553154prospectively
protective1748424protective__
protrusive1553394protrusive__
recessively1964684_recessively
rotatively1645404_rot_atively
suspensively2052664suspensively
tensilely1244124___tensilely

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790357.87315850.4
3Display Results35350.0331060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691358.29621539.4
 
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