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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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74 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
formative174796(None) 
formatives1846211formatives
normative1448891normative
deformative2044972deformative
forgetive16124462forgetive
formalise14239782formalise
formalize232710032formalize
formamide1744402formamide
formate123115092format__e
formation1439422formation
formatively2254522formatively
hortative1546432hortative
informative1965152informative
portative1449372portative
reformative1945672reformative
affirmative2253093affirmative
amative12311733__amative
aromatize20410303aromatize
calmative1647033calmative
combative1847213combative
conative131214623co_native
corrasive1445063corrasive
creative132812803_creative
curative13310403cur_ative
dogmatize2265763dogmatize
donative12139873do_native
durative1239073dur_ative
ergative1238973_ergative
fermate122813003fermat__e
fixative2145083f_ixative
foretime1348213for_etime
forgave1435853forga__ve
forgive1436193for__give
formable1539503forma_ble
formalin1347313formali_n
formalins1447213formalins
formalised16266663formalised
formalises15258993formalises
formalism16218183formalism
formalist141910643formalist
formality1746993formality
formalized25268933formalized
formalizer24257873formalizer
formalizes242710073formalizes
formamides1843873formamides
format113021353format___
formates132814293format_es
formations1538203formations
formats123113573format__s
formatted1544883formatted
formatter1445463formatter
formatting1644163formatting
formulize23265623formulize
fortalice1445773fortalice
fricative1746743fricative
furtive1337173fur__tive
locative1338683lo_cative
narrative1247373narrative
nonnative1248343nonnative
normalise11259423normalise
normalize203010103normalize
normatively1954633normatively
optative1347653_optative
orective1339353_orective
performative22103873performative
permeative1748523permeative
probative1649173probative
promotive1648033promotive
purgative1545283purgative
rotative11310343ro_tative
sorptive1346473sor_ptive
summative1646203summative
vocative1637913vo_cative
vomitive1645853vo_mitive

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641747.23620541.9
3Display Results74740.0302466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691747.68623248.9
 
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