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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 “detonative” 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.

38 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
detonative144713(None) 
decorative1648922decorative
denotative1456722denotative
derogative1546982derogative
detonate9311192detonat__e
detonating1248822detonating
detonation11310942detonation
donative12139872d__onative
conative131214623__conative
debonaire1242993debona_ire
decoctive1745863deco_ctive
definitive1745083definitive
deformative2044973deformative
delineative1554663delineative
demonetize2245583demonetize
denominative1854403denominative
denotive1238673de__notive
derivative1746683derivative
designative1654333designative
detective1548103det_ective
detonable1247623detona_ble
detonatable1462493detonatable
detonated1138213detonat_ed
detonates10310433detonat_es
detonations1239373detonations
detonator1045983detonat_or
detonators1145853detonators
detractive1647373detractive
deviative1647723de_viative
dominative1677393dominative
donatives13146903d__onatives
emanative1447313_emanative
evocative1746293_evocative
pejorative2245693pejorative
personative1647073personative
renovative1645433renovative
restorative1446943restorative
retentive1249853reten_tive

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603385.78024325.8
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.20228811.8
 
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