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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 “olfactive” 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.

31 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
olfactive174346(None) 
olfaction1464232olfaction
active11313743___active
affective20135413affective
bioactive1644133bioactive
coactive1598623_coactive
collective1747123collective
defective1848003defective
effective2076193effective
elative10312453el_a_tive
elective13311003el_ective
enactive1338513_enactive
fictive1537023__fictive
illative1147183illa_tive
impactive1845283impactive
inactive1348203_inactive
infective17108973infective
locative1338683loca_tive
nonactive1448973nonactive
objective2345373objective
olfactions1563873olfactions
olfactory1743083olfactory
optative1347653opta_tive
orective1339353o_rective
overactive1847263overactive
placative1646223pl_acative
proactive1648363proactive
reactive13310473_reactive
refective1749113refective
refractive1846693refractive
tractive13310043_tractive

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 Filter1786911486410.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit148641316.18624028.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.70226662.3
 
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