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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fordefectives” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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53 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
defectives194568(None) 
defective1848001defective_
detectives1645781detectives
defections161510202defections
defectively2345202defectively
defensives1743862defensives
deflective1956092deflective_
detective1548102detective_
directives1655832directives
effectives21134562effectives
ejectives2145442_ejectives
electives1448932_electives
perfectives2145472perfectives
refective1749112refective_
adjectives2343733adjectives
affective20135413affective_
deceives1437903d__eceives
deceptive1746853deceptive_
decoctive1745863decoctive_
deductive1645473deductive_
defeatisms1643173defeatisms
defeatists1443423defeatists
defeatures1444003defeatures
defecates1538593defec_ates
defecations1779003defecations
defected15289973defect__ed
defecting162510223defecti_ng
defection151610643defecti_on
defectiveness2256543defectiveness
defectors15237883defect_ors
defects134511523defect___s
defensive1644993defensive_
definitives1844213definitives
deflections17187323deflections
dejections20168353dejections
delectates1348193delectates
detections131410043detections
detersives1444953detersives
digestives1545213digestives
directive1557773directive_
effective2076193effective_
ejective2037153_ejective_
elective13311003_elective_
erective13311833_erective_
executives2263163_executives
infective17108973infective_
invectives1885903invectives
objectives2444533objectives
perfective2047193perfective_
refections151811643refections
reflective1857123reflective_
rejective2148253rejective_
selective1449523selective_

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 Limit140603536.35622121.3
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691536.82926166.5