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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 “deceptive” 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.

65 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
deceptive174685(None) 
receptive1648321receptive
acceptive1845072acceptive
deceive1337812dece__ive
deception1448322deception
deceptively22104532deceptively
decoctive1745862decoctive
decretive1547492decretive
defective1848002defective
detective1548102detective
exceptive2345682exceptive
inceptive1677822inceptive
perceptive1946802perceptive
preceptive1947762preceptive
captive1438973__captive
conceptive1949513conceptive
deceived1535893dece__ived
deceiver1436233dece__iver
deceives1437903dece__ives
decentre11248553decent_re
deceptions1547863deceptions
decertify1843463decertify
decisive1446633dec_isive
decorative1648923decorative
deductive1645473deductive
defectives1945683defectives
defensive1644993defensive
deflective1956093deflective
denotive1238673de_notive
depletive1545623depletive
deprive1338303d__eprive
descriptive1953683descriptive
detectives1645783detectives
detersive1346343detersive
deviative1647723deviative
digestive1446243digestive
dipeptide1544463dipeptide
directive1557773directive
egestive1246833_egestive
ejective2037153_ejective
elective13311003_elective
erective13311833_erective
eruptive1345793_eruptive
exaptive2045253_exaptive
exemptive2343833_exemptive
exertive1839083_exertive
incentive1489603incentive
inceptives1775793inceptives
nondeceptive2053733nondeceptive
receive1239733rece__ive
reception13410323reception
receptively2165173receptively
recessive1447263recessive
recreative1549023recreative
redemptive1853303redemptive
refective1749113refective
rejective2148253rejective
resentive12410723resentive
retentive1249853retentive
revertive1548853revertive
secretive1446933secretive
selective1449523selective
susceptive1754023susceptive
unreceptive1853213unreceptive
vegetive1545543vege_tive

Search took 10 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 Limit148641658.95316602.4
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691659.39219025.9
 
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