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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 “overmedicate” 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.

24 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
overmedicate205369(None) 
overmedicated2253481overmedicated
overmedicates2153511overmedicates
overeducate1754512over_educate
overeducated1954353over_educated
overeducates1854393over_educates
overmedicating2363013overmedicating
overmedication2264003overmedication
eradicate1259184__er_adicate
intermediate1554814intermedi_ate
medicate13513244____medicate
overcomplicate25152974overcomplicate
overdecorate1853754overdecorate
overedit1249164over_edi__t_
overedited1547214over_edi__ted
overedits1346824over_edi__ts
overestimate1775194overestimate
overexcite2255254over_e_xcite
overmedications2363664overmedications
overregulate1684494overregulate
predicate14411784__pr_edicate
premeditate1654404pre_meditate
rededicate14125574_re_dedicate
remediate1247544_re_medi_ate

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit124790247.07617635.7
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691247.57823580.2
 
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