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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 “melodramatizes” 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.

29 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
melodramatizes2821290(None) 
melodramatises19253011melodramatises
melodramatize27262961melodramatize_
melodramatized29252671melodramatized
melodramatics2062062melodramati_cs
melodramatise18263132melodramatise_
melodramatised20242542melodramatised
melodramatists19232372melodramatists
melodramatic1962683melodramati__c
melodramatist18242843melodramati_st
melodramatizing3071703melodramatizing
dramatizes2247364____dramatizes
melodramas1553104melodrama____s
melodramatising2171574melodramatising
overdramatizes29122704overdramatizes
deformalizes2754875defo_r_malizes
democratizes2654315democr__atizes
dramatises1356775____dramatises
dramatize2147905____dramatize_
dramatized2346535____dramatized
epigrammatizes3082345_epigrammatizes
mediatizes2245605me__d__iatizes
melodizes2146755melod_____izes
melodrama1453665melodrama_____
memorializes2556005memo_r_ializes
monodramatic1963125monodramati__c
overdramatize28133155overdramatize_
overdramatized30162595overdramatized
undramatized2553265__undramatized

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 Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024296.19015351.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.56227231.2
 
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