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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 “overpopulate” 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.

34 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
overpopulate1911468(None) 
overpopulated2194411overpopulated
overpopulates2094591overpopulates
depopulate1544413_de_populate
outpopulate1592193o_utpopulate
overoperate1676693over_operate
overpopulating2274053overpopulating
overpopulation21144583overpopulation
overregulate1684493overregulate
overspeculate20123503overspeculate
repopulate1445203_re_populate
depopulated1743644_de_populated
depopulates1644034_de_populates
operculate1446254oper__culate
outpopulated1792024o_utpopulated
outpopulates1682004o_utpopulates
overeducate1754514over_educate
overinflate1753914over_inflate
overlate11716284over____late
overoperated1876044over_operated
overoperates17116614over_operates
overpeople1744214overpeop_l__e
overpopulations22154144overpopulations
overregulated1894424overregulated
overregulates1794544overregulates
oversaturate1554424oversaturate
overspeculated22123364overspeculated
overspeculates21133404overspeculates
overstimulate1883844overstimulate
populate122812094____populate
repopulated1644474_re_populated
repopulates1544894_re_populates
underpopulated2061874underpopulated
vermiculate1855724_vermiculate

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 Filter1786911247900.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit124790347.48616669.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.90522604.8
 
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