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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 “attractive” 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.

36 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
attractive154555(None) 
abstractive1854892abstractive
attracting1346562attracting
attraction1276952attraction
attractively2053582attractively
attritive1246072attr_itive
detractive1647372detractive
extractive2246602extractive
tractive13310042__tractive
unattractive1752422unattractive
ataractic1346233ataracti_c
ataractics1444233ataractics
attentive1245853att_entive
attract9511833attract___
attractance1552063attractance
attractant1254153attractant
attracted1246073attract_ed
attracter1146093attract_er
attracters1245113attracters
attractions1376403attractions
attractor1145823attract_or
attractors1245843attractors
attracts1047793attract__s
attributive1652693attributive
contractive1849523contractive
distractive1746773distractive
extractives2354553extractives
interactive1659633interactive
iterative12410713itera_tive
overactive1847263overactive
protractive1855633protractive
refractive1846693refractive
retractile1246253retractile
retroactive1645823retroactive
subtractive1854663subtractive
tractile10311073__tractile

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 Filter1786911406030.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit140603365.86023993.7
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691366.31328305.2
 
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