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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 “melodramatises” 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.

23 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
melodramatises1925301(None) 
melodramatise18263131melodramatise_
melodramatised20242541melodramatised
melodramatists19232371melodramatists
melodramatizes28212901melodramatizes
melodramatics2062062melodramati_cs
melodramatist18242842melodramatis_t
melodramatize27262962melodramatize_
melodramatized29252672melodramatized
melodramatic1962683melodramati__c
melodramatising2171573melodramatising
dramatises1356764____dramatises
melodramas1553104melodrama____s
melodramatizing3071704melodramatizing
dramatise1247315____dramatise_
dramatised1454885____dramatised
dramatists1365715____dramatists
dramatizes2247355____dramatizes
melodises1247605melod_____ises
melodrama1453665melodrama_____
memorialises1655545memo_r_ialises
monodramatic1963125monodramati__c
overdramatizes29122705overdramatizes

Search took 8 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024236.76614044.3
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691237.14225019.7
 
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