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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpreventiveness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
preventiveness229488(None) 
retentiveness1657132_retentiveness
inventiveness1956963_inventiveness
perceptiveness2354783perceptiveness
perfectiveness2455343perfectiveness
preventives1945723preventiv__e_s
protectiveness2154583protectiveness
receptiveness2056123_receptiveness
attentiveness1665124_attentiveness
creativeness1747734cr__eativeness
deceptiveness2155694_deceptiveness
defectiveness2256544_defectiveness
defensiveness20115804_defensiveness
electiveness1757544__electiveness
invectiveness2156734_invectiveness
pensiveness1648644p___ensiveness
pervasiveness2155124perv_asiveness
plaintiveness1854074p_laintiveness
presentableness1963304presentableness
presentiments1753024presentimen_ts
presentness1345654present___ness
pretentiousness1773274pretentiousness
preventions1648514preventi_on__s
preventive1847544preventiv__e__
preventively2354704preventiv__ely
primitiveness2054544pr_imitiveness
productiveness2283284productiveness
promotiveness2053904pr_omotiveness
provocativeness25132194provocativeness
reactiveness1756904_re_activeness
recessiveness1865904_recessiveness
reductiveness1955544_reductiveness
reflectiveness2255104_reflectiveness
repetitiveness1963834_repetitiveness
resistiveness1656014_resistiveness
respectiveness2155354_respectiveness
restiveness1449644_r__estiveness
retentivenesses1896374_retentivenesses
selectiveness1856504_selectiveness

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 Filter178691658740.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit65874397.0469349.1
3Display Results39390.046847.8
 (SQL Overall)178691397.21524766.6