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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 “overprotective” 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.

29 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
overprotective247249(None) 
overprotecting2263192overprotecting
overprotection2163612overprotection
overprotect1854573overprotect___
overprotected2162843overprotect_ed
overprotections2263343overprotections
overprotects1953033overprotect__s
cryoprotective26111504cryoprotective
overprecise1854884overpr__ec_ise
overproduction2264054overproduction
protective1748424____protective
nonreproductive2371715nonreproductive
overactive1847265ove__r__active
overassertive1982515over_assertive
overcorrecting2262755overcorrecting
overplotting1845045overplot__ting
overpotent1548055overp_otent___
overprescribe2282265overpr_escribe
overprocessing2262855overprocessing
overproduce1953485overproduc___e
overproducing2253545overproduc_ing
overproductions2363785overproductions
overpromise1854815overpro___mise
overpromote1863665overpro_mot__e
overpromoting2153965overpro_moting
overproportion2172685overproportion
projective2446815____projective
radioprotective238975radioprotective
reproductive20124335_re_productive

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 Limit95024296.17015401.0
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.54627297.7
 
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