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

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

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

43 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
detain7461738(None) 
destain8412081destain
detail74516431detail
detains83716091detains
detrain8412251detrain
retain64523281retain
attain6311752attain
betaine9413782betaine
certain92612212certain
deair65817192de_air
dean56039482de_a_n
delaine8314782delaine
deltaic1037022deltaic
dentin73919572dentin
depaint10314592depaint
deraign936572deraign
derail74218812derail
destains9311812destains
detach12310412detach
details84214042details
detained103111642detained
detainee92511722detainee
detainer92910792detainer
detrains9411752detrains
devein1039142devein
dewan95718042dewa_n
dextrin1587532dextrin
distain8313782distain
domain9511322domain
drain65222892d_rain
elain55324702_elain
etamin81311852_etamin
obtain839182obtain
pertain92714962pertain
regain74517762regain
remain85919862remain
retail65522072retail
retains74522252retains
retrain7615422retrain
sextain14257092sextain
stain55727932_stain
tain45548072__tain
zeatin15412822zeatin

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit82551434.81317151.7
3Display Results43430.0301433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691435.07635203.1