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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forovercrowding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

27 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
overcrowding224397(None) 
overbrowsing2143802overbrowsing
overclouding1943642overclouding
overcropping2244282overcropping
overgrowing1945702overgrow_ing
becrowding1943373_be_crowding
outcrowding1843493o_utcrowding
overblowing2044943overblow_ing
overbreeding1944443overbreeding
overcoming1848733overc_o_ming
overcooking2145793overc_ooking
overcooling1746843overc_ooling
overcramming2244593overcramming
overcrowd1844583overcrowd___
overcrowded2143173overcrowd_ed
overcrowds1943093overcrowd__s
overdrawing1956673overdraw_ing
overflooding2053253overflooding
overflowing2144813overflow_ing
overgoading1746563over_goading
overgrading1747513overgr_ading
overholding1955643over_holding
overloading1647333over_loading
overlording1647463over_lording
overriding1548513over_r_iding
overthrowing2243183overthrow_ing
overtrading1648263overtr_ading

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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024273.46627416.0
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.60849526.3