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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 “repopulate” 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.

28 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
repopulate144520(None) 
depopulate1544411depopulate
repopulated1644471repopulated
repopulates1544891repopulates
depopulated1743642depopulated
depopulates1644032depopulates
populate122812092__populate
copulate122614113__copulate
demodulate1444023demodulate
outpopulate1592193outpopulate
overpopulate19114683overpopulate
populace14256253__populace
populated14228803__populated
populates132710673__populates
reformulate1653023reformulate
regulate9313023re__gulate
reinoculate1354783reinoculate
remoulade1243263remo_ulade
reoperate11410183re_operate
replate93420053re__p_late
repopularize25192913repopularize
repopulating1744483repopulating
repopulation1656103repopulation
reregulate11145953reregulate
reticulate12219783reticulate
rosulate8310903r__osulate
scopulate1366543_scopulate
sporulate1146953_sporulate

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603286.70620966.7
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.12225090.0
 
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