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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 “recriminative” 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.

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
recriminative205345(None) 
recriminate1555232recriminat__e
recriminating1864932recriminating
recrimination1757402recrimination
decriminalize2783463decriminalize
discriminative2272983discriminative
eliminative1654363_e_liminative
germinative1755043ge_r_minative
recriminated1754493recriminat_ed
recriminates1654883recriminat_es
recriminations1856723recriminations
recriminatory2062643recriminatory
terminative1656133te_r_minative
carminative1844894__carminative
criminalize2455284__criminalize
criminate1348984__criminat__e
criminating1646854__criminating
crimination1549414__crimination
decriminalized2982794decriminalized
decriminalizes2893144decriminalizes
denominative1854404de_nominative
determinative1954074determinative
incriminate1554594incriminat__e
incriminating1854174incriminating
incrimination17145654incrimination
originative1553934__originative
precipitative2253604prec_ipitative
recitative1548184rec___itative
recreative1549024recr___eative
ruminative1546434___ruminative

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024305.65616800.6
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.03229623.8
 
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