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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 “overadvertisinga” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
overadvertising2371611overadvertising_
overadvertise2062724overadvertis___e
overadvertised2262204overadvertis__ed
overadvertises2162424overadvertis__es
advertising16143615____advertising_
advertisings17131785____advertisings
overasserting1754145overassert__ing_
overexercising2782585over_exercising_
advertizing25144306____advertizing_
overassertion16113516overasserti_on__
overassertions17133306overasserti_on_s
overdressing1745736over_d__ressing_
overdriving1946096over_d__r_iving_
overexerting2346496over_exert__ing_
overgoverning2162696overgover__ning_
overharvesting2461686overharvest__ing_
overidealizing2863456overid_ealizing_
overidentifying2671466overid_entifying_
overpraising1846136over___praising_
overservicing2252736over__servicing_

Search took 5 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 Filter178691658740.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit65874204.51614586.8
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691204.85536805.6
 
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