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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 “overengineering” 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.

69 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
overengineering207154(None) 
overengineer1662963overengineer___
overengineered19101683overengineer_ed
overengineers1761863overengineer__s
reengineering1591963_re_engineering
bioengineering1871214_bioengineering
engineering1353164____engineering
nonengineering1671424_nonengineering
overwintering2053054over__wintering
bioengineerings1971085_bioengineerings
engineerings1451855____engineerings
overlengthening2371395overleng_thening
oversteering1645315over___steering
preregistering1861785prere_gistering
reregistering1592565_rere_gistering
electioneering1782126__electioneering
engendering1453086____engendering
enregistering1562056_enre_gistering
misregistering1861526misre_gistering
orienteering1352616o_rien__teering
overachieving2552096overachi__eving
overbearing1748426over____bearing
overbreeding1944446over___breeding
overbriefing2153436over_bri__efing
overclearing1845156over___clearing
overconcerning2262426over__concerning
overdesigning1952716overdesign___ing
overdirecting2053746over__directing
overdrinking2143976over_drin__king
overediting1648046overe_di___ting
overencouraging2271626overencouraging
overestimating2054326overesti_mating
overexciting2565336overexci___ting
overexerting2346496overe___xerting
overexpanding2752986overexpan__ding
overextending2553916overe__xtending
overfearing1847556over____fearing
overfeeding1945916over____feeding
overgilding1795206over__gi__lding
overgirding17105646over__gi__rding
overgoverning2162696over__governing
overhearing1847846over____hearing
overhonoring1953826over__hon_oring
overinforming2252856over___informing
overmastering1953356over__mastering
overmining1649116over__min___ing
overnighting2054256over_n_i_ghting
overorganizing2862406overorgan_izing
overpowering2144466over___powering
overprinting1846876over_prin__ting
overseeding1647006over____seeding
overseeing1438386over____see_ing
oversleeping1843816over___sleeping
overstirring1644536over_sti__rring
overswinging2053546over_swin__ging
overthinking2343496over_thin__king
overtightening2261806overtig_htening
overtiring141210206over__ti___ring
overtraining1646026overtrain___ing
overwatering1954936over___watering
overwearing1847716over____wearing
overweening1846236over____weening
overwinding1955756over__win__ding
reengineer1152606_re_engineer___
reengineered1461496_re_engineer_ed
reengineers1252226_re_engineer__s
registering1346396___re_gistering
remaindering1652676___remaindering
veneering1337666_v__e___neering

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 Limit95024696.57614450.1
3Display Results69690.0461500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691696.98225593.1
 
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