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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 “overspeculate” 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.

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
overspeculate2012350(None) 
overspeculated22123361overspeculated
overspeculates21133401overspeculates
overpopulate19114683over_populate
overregulate1684493over_regulate
overspeculating2362773overspeculating
overspeculation2263333overspeculation
overstimulate1883843overstimulate
operculate1446254oper___culate
overarticulate1972714overarticulate
overdecorate1853754over_decorate
overeducate1754514over__educate
overoperate1676694overope__rate
overpopulated2194414over_populated
overpopulates2094594over_populates
overregulated1894424over_regulated
overregulates1794544over_regulates
oversaturate1554424overs_aturate
overspecialize3062814overspecialize
overstimulated2093674overstimulated
overstimulates1983654overstimulates
speculate13239194____speculate
vermiculate1855724_ver_miculate
vesiculate1547224_ve_s_iculate

Search took 7 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 Filter178691950240.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit95024245.72016612.6
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691246.10929250.5
 
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