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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 “melodramatizingb” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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
melodramatizing3071701melodramatizing_
melodramatising2171572melodramatising_
melodramatize27262964melodramatiz___e
melodramatized29252674melodramatiz__ed
melodramatizes28212904melodramatiz__es
dramatizing2445985____dramatizing_
melodramatic1962685melodramat__i__c
melodramatics2062065melodramat__i_cs
melodramatise18263135melodramat__i_se
melodramatised20242545melodramat__ised
melodramatises19253015melodramat__ises
melodramatist18242845melodramat__i_st
melodramatists19232375melodramat__ists
overdramatizing3172035overdramatizing_
deformalizing2954226defo_r_malizing_
democratizing2853546democr__atizing_
dramatising1554396____dramatising_
epigrammatizing32102076_epigrammatizing_
mediatizing2445746me__d__iatizing_
melodizing2345586melod_____izing_
memorializing2764816memo_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 Filter178691658740.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit65874215.47012042.8
3Display Results21210.0131615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691215.81330739.9
 
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