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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 “overpopulationsa” 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.

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
overpopulations22154141overpopulations_
overpopulation21144582overpopulation__
overpopulating2274053overpopulati_n_g
depopulations1844494_de_populations_
overpopulates2094594overpopulat__es_
overregulations1963854overregulations_
repopulations1765334_re_populations_
depopulation1765065_de_population__
interpopulation1963595interpopulation__
overeducations2054985over_educations_
overevaluations2194075overevaluations_
overinflations20154415over_inflations_
overpopulate19114685overpopulat____e
overpopulated2194415overpopulat___ed
overproductions2363785overprodu_ctions_
overproportions2272545overprop_ortions_
overregulation1864345overregulation__
oversaturations1863965oversaturations_
overspeculation2263335overspeculation__
overvaluations2064615overvalu_ations_
populations15148715____populations_
repopulation1656105_re_population__
subpopulations2062385_subpopulations_
vermiculations2153915_vermiculations_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit43548242.36018452.5
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691242.65667278.2
 
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