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

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

27 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
responsiveness196319(None) 
responsibleness1971642responsibleness
expansiveness2554303_expansiveness
expensiveness2555583_expensiveness
repulsiveness1854703re_pulsiveness
respectiveness2155363respectiveness
defensiveness20115814de_fensiveness
dispersiveness20104054dispersiveness
erosiveness1447584_e_ro_siveness
explosiveness2553684_explosiveness
extensiveness2355304_extensiveness
inexpensiveness2762784inexpensiveness
pensiveness1648654___pensiveness
purposiveness2053594purpo_siveness
recessiveness1865904re_cessiveness
reclusiveness18185234re_clusiveness
reconditeness1653344re_conditeness
recursiveness1855394re_cursiveness
regressiveness1864224regressiveness
repressiveness1964814repressiveness
resistiveness1656024res_istiveness
responsions1363774responsi_on__s
responsive1553384responsiv__e__
responsively2052744responsiv__ely
restiveness1449664res___tiveness
retentiveness1657164re_tentiveness
sportiveness1766984__sportiveness

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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874273.65618018.1
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.99844695.1
 
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