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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 “excessiveness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

63 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
excessiveness255496(None) 
excessivenesses2675142excessivenesses
exclusiveness2554492exclusiveness
excursiveness2554562excursiveness
expensiveness2555582expensiveness
expressiveness2664122expressiveness
extensiveness2355302extensiveness
recessiveness1865902recessiveness
expansiveness2554303expansiveness
explosiveness2553683explosiveness
obsessiveness1764503obsessiveness
percussiveness2193733percussiveness
regressiveness1864223regressiveness
repressiveness1964813repressiveness
successiveness2072813successiveness
accessibleness2061844accessibleness
adhesiveness1954384adhe_siveness
aggressiveness1962664aggressiveness
aversiveness1896234_aversiveness
cohesiveness2056054cohe_siveness
costiveness1648214__costiveness
cursiveness1647074__cursiveness
deceptiveness2155694deceptiveness
decisiveness1855924dec_isiveness
defensiveness20115814defensiveness
digressiveness1963374digressiveness
effectiveness2455674effectiveness
effusiveness2154934e_ffusiveness
electiveness1757554e_lectiveness
elusiveness1466604e__lusiveness
erosiveness1447584e__rosiveness
evasiveness1755744e__vasiveness
excessive2145044excessiv__e__
excessively2663644excessiv__ely
exclusivenesses2764664exclusivenesses
excursivenesses2794734excursivenesses
excusableness2454244excusableness
exhaustiveness2762794exhaustiveness
expensivenesses27105494expensivenesses
exquisiteness2962564exquisiteness
extensivenesses2595284extensivenesses
festiveness1748224__festiveness
impassiveness2054494impassiveness
impressiveness2164464impressiveness
incisiveness1756334inc_isiveness
inclusiveness1855124inclusiveness
inexpensiveness2762784inexpensiveness
ingressiveness1864164ingressiveness
intensiveness1667484intensiveness
massiveness1645264__massiveness
offensiveness2274244offensiveness
oppressiveness2163474oppressiveness
passiveness1646264__passiveness
pensiveness1648654__pensiveness
perceptiveness2354784perceptiveness
permissiveness2163174permissiveness
possessiveness1763234possessiveness
receptiveness2056124receptiveness
recessivenesses1955814recessivenesses
reclusiveness18185234reclusiveness
recursiveness1855394recursiveness
restiveness1449664__restiveness
seclusiveness18145094seclusiveness

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit95024637.03313511.2
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691637.45323975.7
 
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