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

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
overpopulating227405(None) 
overpopulation21144582overpopulation
overpopulations22154142overpopulations
depopulating1853733_de_populating
outpopulating18112243o_utpopulating
overoperating1956723over_operating
overpopulate19114683overpopulat__e
overpopulated2194413overpopulat_ed
overpopulates2094593overpopulat_es
overregulating1963793overregulating
overspeculating2362773overspeculating
repopulating1744483_re_populating
overcounting1846614overco_u_nting
overeducating2054854over_educating
overinflating2053964over_inflating
overpeopling2044774overpeop_l__ing
overplanting1846974over__p_lanting
overplaying2047344over__p_laying
oversaturating1864044oversaturating
overstimulating2173184overstimulating
populating1547664____populating

Search took 4 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 Filter178691658740.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit65874213.08021387.7
3Display Results21210.0161312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691213.40652463.6
 
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