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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 “purposivenessesa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

20 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
purposivenesses2263651purposivenesses_
purposiveness2053593purposivene_s_s_
corrosivenesses2094594corrosivenesses_
cursivenesses1847504cur__sivenesses_
erosivenesses1648314_er_osivenesses_
pervasivenesses2355204pervasivenesses_
abrasivenesses19105555abr_asivenesses_
appositenesses1863715_appositenesses_
derisivenesses1857235der_isivenesses_
explosivenesses2793925explosivenesses_
furtivenesses1947235fur__tivenesses_
oppositenesses1854205_oppositenesses_
passivenesses1746665p__assivenesses_
pensivenesses1849025p__ensivenesses_
promotivenesses22113895promotivenesses_
prosinesses13310855p_r_osi__nesses_
punitivenesses1965655pu_nitivenesses_
purposelessness1861145purpos__elessness
pursinesses1338745pur__si__nesses_
suasivenesses1546825su__asivenesses_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548202.53317192.3
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691202.84262875.1
 
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