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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 “adhesiveness” 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.

49 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
adhesiveness195438(None) 
adhesivenesses2155052adhesivenesses
cohesiveness2056052cohesiveness
abrasiveness1754933abrasiveness
abusiveness16165263a_busiveness
adaptiveness1853643adaptiveness
adhesives1643093adhesiv__e_s
allusiveness1554403allusiveness
aversiveness1896233aversiveness
abortiveness1755324abortiveness
activeness1547704a__ctiveness
adhesions1343794adhesi_on__s
adhesive1543804adhesiv__e__
adhesively2052704adhesiv__ely
adverseness1553604adve_rseness
aggressiveness1962664aggressiveness
aliveness1238224a___liveness
amativeness1646224a_mativeness
appositeness1653274appositeness
assertiveness1655504assertiveness
attentiveness1665154attentiveness
awesomeness1653404a_wesomeness
cohesivenesses2256204cohesivenesses
cursiveness1647074_cursiveness
decisiveness1855924decisiveness
defensiveness20115814defensiveness
delusiveness1655754delusiveness
derisiveness1656964derisiveness
divisiveness1954364divisiveness
effusiveness2154934effusiveness
elusiveness1466604_elusiveness
erosiveness1447584_erosiveness
evasiveness1755744_evasiveness
excessiveness2554964excessiveness
expensiveness2555584expensiveness
extensiveness2355304extensiveness
festiveness1748224__festiveness
illusiveness1555234illusiveness
incisiveness1756334incisiveness
intensiveness1667484intensiveness
invasiveness1855714invasiveness
massiveness1645264_massiveness
obsessiveness1764504obsessiveness
offensiveness2274244offensiveness
passiveness1646264_passiveness
pensiveness1648654_pensiveness
recessiveness1865904recessiveness
restiveness1449664__restiveness
suasiveness1446434_suasiveness

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790497.50316632.0
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691497.92322553.5
 
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