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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 “fricative” 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.

46 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
fricative174674(None) 
fricatives1844681fricatives
affricative2253032affricative
fictive1537022f_ic_tive
fixative2145082f_ixative
precative16312572precative
privative17188292privative
urinative1247652urinative
affricatives2351973affricatives
agitative1346873agitative
creative132812803cr_eative
derivative1746683derivative
dilative1239523_dilative
educative15136553educative
erective13311833erec_tive
ergative1238973er_gative
evocative1746293evocative
fictile1238023f_ic_tile
fixatives2243353f_ixatives
formative1747963formative
fricassee1453033fricassee
friction1347913fric_tion
frigate11311063frigat__e
imitative1446333imitative
indicative1647713indicative
irritative1345203irritative
ligative1258803_ligative
locative1338683_locative
lubricative1853453lubricative
orective1339353orec_tive
oxidative2044313oxidative
placative1646223placative
predicative1947373predicative
primitive1646393primitive
privatise14167763privatise
privatives18186473privatives
privatize23167043privatize
proactive1648363proactive
probative1649173probative
reactive13310473_reactive
relative11313143_relative
rotative11310343_rotative
siccative1645103siccative
tractive13310043trac_tive
tricotine1148253tricotine
vocative1637913_vocative

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641468.31317880.5
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691468.77920354.4
 
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