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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 “overcompensates” 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
overcompensates248284(None) 
overcompensate2393011overcompensate_
overcompensated2582761overcompensated
decompensates20113203_de_compensates
overcomplicates26152933overcomplicates
compensates1745724____compensates
decompensate19123644_de_compensate_
decompensated21122904_de_compensated
overcomplicate25152974overcomplicate_
overcomplicated27152914overcomplicated
overcompresses2372854overcompres_ses
overoperates17116614over_o_pe_rates
compensate1646145____compensate_
compensated1844865____compensated
overcommunicate2672435overcommunicate_
overcompliances26152475overcompliances
overcompress2182915overcompres___s
overcompressed2472715overcompres_sed
overconsumes1952935overco___nsumes
overoperate1676695over_o_pe_rate_
overoperated1876045over_o_pe_rated
overpopulates2094595overpo_p_ulates
recompenses17114355_re_compens__es
uncompensated2062745__uncompensated

Search took 9 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 Filter178691658740.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit65874248.0308203.5
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691248.35921377.1
 
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