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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 “protracting” 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.

47 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
protracting164693(None) 
prorating12314282pro_ra_ting
prostrating1449392prostra_ting
protecting151910212prot_ecting
protractile1554102protractile
protraction1547212protraction
protractions1646642protractions
protractive1855632protractive
retracting13311932_retracting
abstracting1645183abstracting
attracting1346563_attracting
contracting16610473contracting
detracting1438713_detracting
distracting1569253distracting
extracting2047223_extracting
perorating13313133pero_ra_ting
portraying1645163portra_ying
preacting142412533pr__eacting
preenacting16125373preenacting
preerecting1646143preerecting
pretasting13239283pret_asting
pretraining1446503pretraining
pretreating1448893pretreating
probating14311193pro_ba_ting
procreating1647693procreating
programing1646313progra_ming
programming1954203programming
projecting22177243pro_jecting
prolactin1347773pro_lactin_
prolactins1447153pro_lactins
pronating12313763pro_na_ting
prosecting15189813pro_secting
prospecting1845853prospecting
protesting131910253prot_esting
protonating1448593protonating
protract12510603protract___
protracted1545763protract_ed
protractor1446263protract_or
protractors1546623protractors
protracts1347023protract__s
protruding1453633protr_uding
refracting1638733_refracting
retracing12313293_retrac_ing
retracking1738163_retracking
retroacting1447283_retroacting
rotating92614553_rot_a_ting
subtracting1645273subtracting

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 Filter1786911216330.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121633474.84325115.2
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691475.26633933.0
 
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