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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 “overpopulates” 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.

31 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
overpopulates209459(None) 
overpopulate19114681overpopulate_
overpopulated2194411overpopulated
depopulates1644033_de_populates
outpopulates1682003o_utpopulates
overoperates17116613over_operates
overpopulating2274053overpopulating
overpopulation21144583overpopulation
overpopulations22154143overpopulations
overregulates1794543overregulates
overspeculates21133403overspeculates
repopulates1544893_re_populates
depopulate1544414_de_populate_
depopulated1743644_de_populated
outpopulate1592194o_utpopulate_
outpopulated1792024o_utpopulated
overeducates1854394over_educates
overinflates1853954over_inflates
overoperate1676694over_operate_
overoperated1876044over_operated
overpeoples1854114overpeop_l__es
overregulate1684494overregulate_
overregulated1894424overregulated
oversaturates1654214oversaturates
overspeculate20123504overspeculate_
overspeculated22123364overspeculated
overstimulates1983654overstimulates
populates132710674____populates
repopulate1445204_re_populate_
repopulated1644474_re_populated
underpopulated2061874underpopulated

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 Limit95024316.17315393.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.54927285.2
 
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