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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 “recursive” 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
recursive144545(None) 
cursive1237832__cursive
excursive2143932excursive
incursive1445252incursive
recessive1447262recessive
reclusive1475432reclusive
recursion1146152recursion
recursively1953462recursively
recurve1237402recur__ve
repulsive1494932repulsive
revulsive15113702revulsive
becurse1136183becurs__e
becursing1435453becursing
cursives1337103__cursives
decisive1446633dec_isive
decurve1335583decur__ve
delusive1245843delu_sive
detersive1346343detersive
discursive1644093discursive
elusive1057003_elu_sive
emulsive1344533_emulsive
percussive1743823percussive
preclusive1753883preclusive
prelusive1455583prelu_sive
receive1239733rec__eive
receptive1648323receptive
recessives1545673recessives
recourse1038383recours__e
recurring1237953recurring
recurs83315803recurs___
recursions1245403recursions
recurvate1445853recurvate
recurved1436493recur__ved
recurves1337403recur__ves
recurving1536773recurving
recuse85519163recu_s__e
recusing112512883recu_sing
redrive112410563re_dr_ive
reductive1547793reductive
remissive1445773remissive
repursue1044033repurs_ue
requisite1865423requisite
restrive11310923restr_ive
revertive1548853revertive
seclusive1463753seclusive

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641456.87321626.8
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691457.30924448.1
 
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