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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 “pulsative” 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.

40 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
pulsative145517(None) 
pulsatile1173391pulsatile
pulsate9510232pulsat__e
pulsating1236342pulsating
pulsation1137142pulsation
purgative1545282purgative
putative1348372pu_tative
ablative1348243abl_ative
calmative1647033calmative
causative1445833causative
copulative1747293copul_ative
curative13310403cu_rative
dilative1239523dil_ative
durative1239073du_rative
elative10312453_el_ative
emulative1447453emul_ative
gustative1345683gustative
illative1147183_illative
lucrative1445863lucrative
mutative1348283mu_tative
palatine10316063pal_atine
palliative1544773palliative
placative1646223placative
pollutive1444713pollutive
portative1449373portative
positive1349993p_ositive
precative16312573precative
privative17188293privative
probative1649173probative
pulsated1136853pulsat_ed
pulsates1048813pulsat_es
pulsations1236373pulsations
pulsator1085693pulsat_or
pulsators1175373pulsators
pulsatory1474613pulsatory
punitive1346833pu_nitive
purgatives1643743purgatives
relative11313143rel_ative
summative1646203summative
talkative1644303talkative

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641407.37620152.0
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691407.54523683.4
 
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