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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 “assertiveness” 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.

46 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
assertiveness165550(None) 
assertivenesses1754932assertivenesses
abortiveness1755323a_bortiveness
assaultiveness1762083assaultiveness
attentiveness1665153attentiveness
aversiveness1896233a_versiveness
sportiveness1766983_sportiveness
activeness1547704a___ctiveness
adaptiveness1853644a_daptiveness
adhesiveness1954384adhe_siveness
alternativeness1862614alternativeness
amativeness1646224a__mativeness
assertions1046584asserti_on__s
assertive1246474assertiv__e__
assertively1774084assertiv__ely
coerciveness1955404_coerciveness
costiveness1648214cos__tiveness
creativeness1747764_creativeness
deceptiveness2155694deceptiveness
defectiveness2256544defectiveness
dispersiveness20104054dispersiveness
effectiveness2455674effectiveness
electiveness1757564_electiveness
essentialness1363264essentialness
fertileness1447574__fertileness
festiveness1748224__festiveness
furtiveness1746534__furtiveness
imperativeness2155474imperativeness
invectiveness2156734invectiveness
inventiveness1956974inventiveness
massiveness1645264mass___iveness
objectiveness2755164objectiveness
obsessiveness1764504obsessiveness
operativeness1876664_operativeness
passiveness1646264pass___iveness
positiveness1756494pos_itiveness
possessiveness1763234possessiveness
receptiveness2056124receptiveness
resistiveness1656024resistiveness
respectiveness2155364respectiveness
restiveness1449664__restiveness
retentiveness1657164retentiveness
secretiveness1865864_secretiveness
selectiveness1856514selectiveness
servileness1445924__servileness
susceptiveness2163384susceptiveness

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024465.62316899.2
3Display Results46460.0331393.9
 (SQL Overall)178691466.03229623.8
 
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