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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 “overdecorating” 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.

28 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
overdecorating215368(None) 
overdecoration2063942overdecoration
overdecorations2163722overdecorations
overdecorate1853753overdecorat__e
overdecorated2053443overdecorat_ed
overdecorates1953433overdecorat_es
overreporting1953803overrepor_ting
redecorating16115053_re_decorating
decorating14312074____decorating
overbeating17410484overbe___ating
overcounting1846614over__counting
overdecking2246054overdec___king
overdiscounting2261184overdiscounting
overdrawing1956684overd___rawing
overeating141016534over_e___ating
overeducating2054854over_educating
overelaborating21132284overelaborating
overemoting1747314over_emo__ting
overencouraging2271624overencouraging
overexerting2346494over_exer_ting
overheating1849934overhe___ating
overmedicating2363014overmedicating
overoperating1956724over_operating
overrating14814204over____rating
overregulating1963794overregulating
oversaturating1864044oversaturating
overscoring1746834over_scor__ing
overspeculating2362774overspeculating

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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874283.75017566.4
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691284.09343657.7
 
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