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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 “melodramatizing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 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
melodramatizing307170(None) 
melodramatising2171571melodramatising
melodramatize27262963melodramatiz__e
melodramatized29252673melodramatiz_ed
melodramatizes28212903melodramatiz_es
dramatizing2445974____dramatizing
melodramatic1962684melodramat__i_c
melodramatics2062064melodramat__ics
melodramatise18263134melodramat__ise
melodramatised20242544melodramati_sed
melodramatises19253014melodramati_ses
melodramatist18242844melodramat__ist
melodramatists19232374melodramati_sts
overdramatizing3172034overdramatizing
deformalizing2954225defo_r_malizing
democratizing2853545democr__atizing
dramatising1554385____dramatising
epigrammatizing32102075_epigrammatizing
mediatizing2445745me__d__iatizing
melodizing2345585melod_____izing
memorializing2764815memo_r_ializing

Search took 6 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 Filter178691658740.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit65874214.72013956.4
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691215.09635065.0
 
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