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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 “dative” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

35 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
dative1031181(None) 
datives11310071datives
native9613011native
active11313742active
adaptive1445132adaptive
alive85722512_alive
amative12311732amative
captive1438972captive
dacite91115882dacite
date56443322dat__e
dating85326482dating
datival1135582datival
datively1545672datively
dautie72914702dauti_e
dawtie103011092dawti_e
daytime1344782daytime
derive103817042derive
dilative1239522dilative
dive85634772d__ive
donative12139872donative
drive95318002d_rive
durative1239072durative
elative10312452elative
ideative1238572ideative
motive113112142motive
naive85116212na_ive
natives10310822natives
patine85328122patine
ratine65131822ratine
ratite65022422ratite
satire63218002satire
sedative1238852sedative
stative102612932stative
votive12348932votive
waive114214602wa_ive

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.39034540.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.74965002.2
 
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