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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 “causative” 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
causative144583(None) 
causatives1543631causatives
accusative1744442accusative
calmative1647032calmative
causation1199522causation
causatively1953762causatively
curative13310402c_urative
laudative1344752laudative
ablative1348243_ablative
accusatives1862763accusatives
amative12311733_a_mative
auditive1247163_auditive
calmatives1744733calmatives
captive1438973ca__ptive
cassation1197913cassation
caudate10311353caudat__e
caudation1269993caudation
causable1239973causa_ble
causality1445323causality
causations1268143causations
causerie1078273causeri_e
caustic1139753caus_ti_c
caustics1237483caus_tics
cavatine13310323ca_vatine
combative1847213combative
conative131214623c_onative
constative15410103constative
copulative1747293copulative
costive12312843c_os_tive
creative132812803c_reative
cumulative1744563cumulative
curatives1437823c_uratives
durative1239073_durative
educative15136553educative
emulative1447453emulative
exudative2044893exudative
gustative1345683_gustative
laxative1845093la_xative
mutative1348283_mutative
narrative1247373narrative
pulsative1455173pulsative
putative1348373_putative
radiative1348173radiative
sanative11310473sa_native
talkative1644303talkative

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641456.64022385.7
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.07625253.1
 
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