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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 “overpopulations” 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.

24 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
overpopulations2215414(None) 
overpopulation21144581overpopulation_
overpopulating2274052overpopulati_ng
depopulations1844493_de_populations
overpopulates2094593overpopulat__es
overregulations1963853overregulations
repopulations1765333_re_populations
depopulation1765064_de_population_
interpopulation1963594interpopulation_
overeducations2054984over_educations
overevaluations2194074overevaluations
overinflations20154414over_inflations
overpopulate19114684overpopulat___e
overpopulated2194414overpopulat__ed
overproductions2363784overprodu_ctions
overproportions2272544overprop_ortions
overregulation1864344overregulation_
oversaturations1863964oversaturations
overspeculation2263334overspeculation_
overvaluations2064614overvalu_ations
populations15148714____populations
repopulation1656104_re_population_
subpopulations2062384_subpopulations
vermiculations2153914_vermiculations

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548242.22019616.2
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691242.53270573.1
 
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