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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 “defensive” 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.

44 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
defensive164499(None) 
defensives1743861defensives
defective1848002defective
defense1137502defens__e
defensible1644592defensible
defensing14217002defensing
defensively2154152defensively
detersive1346342detersive
offensive1842772offensive
ascensive1444183ascensive
deceive1337813dece__ive
deceptive1746853deceptive
decisive1446633de_cisive
defeasible1643523defeasible
defectives1945683defectives
defence1339893defen__ce
defencing16226693defencing
defending15298353defending
defensed1336223defens_ed
defensemen1652723defensemen
defenses1237913defens_es
defensibly1953723defensibly
definite1239323defin_ite
definitive1745083definitive
deflective1956093deflective
degressive1545143degressive
delusive1245843de_lusive
depressive1646323depressive
derisive1247503de_risive
detective1548103detective
detersives1444953detersives
diffusive1952743diffusive
effusive1743263_effusive
expensive2145843expensive
extensive1945723extensive
intensive1248403intensive
offensives1952193offensives
ostensive1244733ostensive
pensive122610393__pensive
recessive1447263recessive
refective1749113refective
resentive12410723resentive
retentive1249853retentive
tensive10269913__tensive

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641446.23323847.4
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691446.69926674.3
 
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