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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 “irritative” 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.

35 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
irritative134520(None) 
imitative1446332i_mitative
irrelative1344782irrelative
irritate867872irritat__e
irritating1146292irritating
irritation1048972irritation
agitative1346873_agitative
arbitrative1654263arbitrative
cogitative1645933cogitative
derivative1746683derivative
excitative2245023excitative
fricative1746743_fricative
gravitative1852973gravitative
hortative1546433hor_tative
imputative1744483imputative
indicative1647713indicative
initiative1346903i_nitiative
irradiative1552893irradiative
irrigate967633irrigat__e
irrigating1245953irrigating
irrigation1147803irrigation
irritable1148053irrita_ble
irritated1076133irritat_ed
irritates977223irritat_es
irritations1147833irritations
irritator945223irritat_or
irritators1045133irritators
irruptive1443433irr_uptive
limitative1544693limitative
meditative1646283meditative
portative1449373por_tative
privative17188293_privative
recitative1548183recitative
rotative11310343__rotative
urinative1247653_urinative

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603355.86023993.7
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.29628381.7
 
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