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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 “narrative” 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.

50 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
narrative124737(None) 
narratives1344791narratives
narrate7313492narrat__e
narrating10310352narrating
narration9310062narration
narratively1754252narratively
normative1448892normative
ablative1348243_ablative
abrasive1345753_abrasive
amative12311733_a_mative
arrestive1246753_arrestive
arrive91311793_arr__ive
calmative1647033calmative
causative1445833causative
corrasive1445063corrasive
creative132812803_creative
curative13310403_curative
durative1239073_durative
ergative1238973_ergative
formative1747963formative
hortative1546433hortative
indurative1447283indurative
iterative12410713iterative
lacerative1556283lacerative
laudative1344753laudative
laxative1845093la_xative
lucrative1445863lucrative
narcotize2064553narcotize
narrated9310323narrat_ed
narrater838723narrat_er
narraters946703narraters
narrates8312763narrat_es
narrations1038943narrations
narrator847563narrat_or
narrators947863narrators
native9613013n___ative
negative1239083n_egative
nonnarrative1553833nonnarrative
nonnative1248343nonnative
nutritive1245333nutritive
operative141110553operative
partitive1447373partitive
portative1449373portative
purgative1545283purgative
radiative1348173radiative
sanative11310473sa_native
talkative1644303talkative
uncreative1547533uncreative
vibrative1745583vibrative
zaratite1747793za_ratite

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 Limit148641507.34320242.5
3Display Results50500.0331515.2
 (SQL Overall)178691507.79622920.9
 
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