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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 “provocativeness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

40 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
provocativeness2513219(None) 
evocativeness2154183__evocativeness
productiveness2283283produc_tiveness
promotiveness2053923promo__tiveness
protectiveness2154593protec_tiveness
provocatives2253373provocativ__e_s
preventiveness2294894prev_entiveness
prohibitiveness2572264prohibitiveness
provocations1956874provocati_on__s
provocative2154644provocativ__e__
provocatively2662334provocativ__ely
combativeness2254175_co_mbativeness
cooperativeness2273375cooperativeness
creativeness1747765cr___eativeness
decorativeness2054185_decorativeness
derivativeness2163805deriv__ativeness
evocativenesses2364345__evocativenesses
implicativeness2462505implicativeness
innovativeness2063175_innovativeness
inoperativeness2073895inoperativeness
invectiveness2156735_invec_tiveness
normativeness1855005_no_rmativeness
operativeness1876665__operativeness
perfectiveness2455345perfec_tiveness
pervasiveness2155135perv__asiveness
positiveness1756495p___ositiveness
primitiveness2054565pr__imitiveness
privateness1655705priv__at__eness
progressiveness2172865progressiveness
promotivenesses22113895promo__tivenesses
protrusiveness1962965pro_trusiveness
provableness1955515prov__a_bleness
provocateurs1961175provocat__e_urs
provocation1847355provocati_on___
proximateness2462455proximat__eness
reactiveness1756925_r_eac_tiveness
reductiveness1955545_reduc_tiveness
refractiveness2254855_refractiveness
volatileness1553945___volatileness
votiveness1646355___vo__tiveness

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874404.47014736.9
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.81237134.5
 
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