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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 “preventives” 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.

30 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
preventives194572(None) 
preventive1847541preventive_
preventatives2152932preventatives
preventions1648532preventions
preventively2354702preventively
adventives1745123_adventives
eventides1345793__eventides
pendentives1753673pendentives
percentiles1546203percentiles
perfectives2145473perfectives
preceptive1947763preceptive_
predestines1446993predestines
prentices131111903pr__entices
presentees1247923present_ees
presentisms1555213presentisms
pretentious13125593pretentious
preventative2054313preventative_
prevented1539003prevent__ed
preventer1438593prevent__er
preventers1547393prevent_ers
preventible1854423preventible
preventing161210263preventi_ng
prevention1549173preventi_on
preventiveness2294893preventiveness
prevents133012293prevent___s
privatives18186473priv_atives
resentive12410723_resentive_
retentive1249853_retentive_
revertive1548853_revertive_
seventies1249673_seventi_es

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121633305.47022236.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691305.90930240.5
 
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