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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 “positive” 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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94 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
positive134999(None) 
positiver1445481positiver
positives1459171positives
appositive1744842appositive
costive12312842cos_tive
expositive2254512expositive
monitive1349992monitive
positing11312302positing
position10912192position
positively1845452positively
positivest1544902positivest
postdive1445762postdive
postie84123962pos_ti_e
punitive1346832punitive
volitive1446892volitive
vomitive1645852vomitive
additive1345863additive
appositives1854253appositives
assistive1244293assistive
auditive1247163auditive
coactive1598623coactive
cognitive1545483cognitive
conative131214623conative
diapositive1752783diapositive
dispositive1754033dispositive
donative12139873donative
festive1339773fes_tive
fugitive1544173fugitive
genitive1247643genitive
hostile10312553hos_tile
lenitive1148493lenitive
locative1338683locative
motive113112143mo__tive
nosedive1243993nosedive
optative1347653optative
partitive1447373partitive
passive12239593pas_sive
pastie85525523pas_ti_e
pastime114611973pas_time
piosities11311723piosities
plaintive1444623plaintive
plosive1236673plos__ive
podite93315353podit__e
poditic122611583poditi_c
poetise9314043po_etise
poetize18310773po_etize
polite83625073polit__e
politic112918713politi_c
politick16289333politick
politico122510013politico
politics122513813politics
polities102722343polities
pollutive1444713pollutive
pontine92419053po_ntine
portative1449373portative
posit75833333posit___
posited10511493posit_ed
positioned1396003positioned
positions11811503positions
positivism1754233positivism
positivist1565683positivist
positivity1854583positivity
positron1096903positron
posits85718713posit__s
postage103214853pos_tage
postfire1346273postfire
postiche1547793postiche
posties93128813pos_ties
postin83521033pos_ti_n
posting105622243pos_ting
postins93721203pos_tins
postique1945873postique
posture9313253pos_ture
poultice1246063poultice
poutine93316823po_utine
prepositive1855203prepositive
primitive1646393primitive
pristine10313503pristine
proactive1648363proactive
probative1649173probative
promotive1648033promotive
prostie91617743pros_ti_e
pulsative1455173pulsative
putative1348373putative
resistive1247583resistive
restive10315933res_tive
rotative11310343rotative
sensitive1246963sensitive
sorptive1346473sorptive
sportive1348333spo_rtive
unitive10310563_unitive
vocative1637913vocative
vomitives1744613vomitives
votive12348933vo__tive

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162946.48322545.4
3Display Results94940.0462043.5
 (SQL Overall)178691946.95225703.5
 
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