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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 “executives” 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.

32 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
executives226316(None) 
executive2164741executive_
ejectives2145442ejec_tives
electives1448932elec_tives
executes1736532execut__es
executions1946392executions
executrices2251902executrices
executrixes1951282executrixes
defectives1945683defec_tives
detectives1645783detec_tives
effectives21134563effec_tives
ejective2037153ejec_tive_
elective13311003elec_tive_
erective13311833erec_tive_
exceptive2345683exceptive_
exclusives2243323exclusives
execrative2246043execrative_
executants1952693executants
execute1636783execut__e_
executed1835503execut__ed
executer1745313execut__er
executers1854183execut_ers
executing1945583executi_ng
execution1846303executi_on
executioner2072613executioner
executioners2172193executioners
executors1844653execut_ors
exemptive2343833exemptive_
exequies2444153exequ_i_es
exertive1839083exe_rtive_
expletives2243353expletives
nonexecutives2561723nonexecutives

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603325.65624859.1
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.10829255.2
 
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