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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 “expulsive” 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.

30 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
expulsive214390(None) 
emulsive1344532e_mulsive
exclusive2144422exclusive
excursive2143932excursive
expansive2144392expansive
expensive2145842expensive
explosive2144832explosive
expulse1674512expuls__e
expulsing1944282expulsing
expulsion1843892expulsion
impulsive1643402impulsive
repulsive1494932repulsive
compulsive1943963compulsive
divulsive1642873divulsive
effusive1743263effu_sive
elusive1057003e_lu_sive
excessive2145043excessive
exclusives2243323exclusives
expansile1843943expansile
expletive2144443expletive
explosives2243643explosives
expressive2285933expressive
expulsed1863613expuls_ed
expulses1774813expuls_es
expulsions1943833expulsions
exquisite2543433exquisite
extensive1945723extensive
extrusive1944803extrusive
propulsive1753333propulsive
revulsive15113703revulsive

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 Filter1786911486410.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit148641306.73622066.7
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691307.18624866.5
 
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