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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 “regain” 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.

57 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
regain7451776(None) 
reagin74915531reagin
regains84316581regains
remain85919861remain
retain64523281retain
again65218122_again
began86319572bega_n
begin85117352beg_in
detain74617382detain
elain55324702_elain
gain56042162__gain
leggin8268592leggin
rain46251732r__ain
reagins84215642reagins
rebait8320402rebait
recoin84320292recoin
redan66125012reda_n
redfin10310222redfin
reearn6612142reearn
refrain10310042refrain
regained102111242regained
regainer9249352regainer
regal65023792rega_l
regale74821452regale
regalia839222regalia
regaling10315362regaling
regard85215772regard
regave104713382regave
regina75317142reg_ina
region74614902region
regrind938982regrind
rein46040892re__in
rejoin134012242rejoin
relaid75518442relaid
relaxin14239182relaxin
remail85017122remail
remains94117912remains
reman75730152rema_n
renail65020762renail
renin54830032re_nin
rennin63914032rennin
repaid94716322repaid
repaint9318362repaint
repair84011462repair
repin75324702re_pin
requin15310712requin
reran57329102rera_n
resaid74517082resaid
resail64418732resail
resawn9399952resawn
resin54131052re_sin
retail65522072retail
retains74522252retains
retrain7615422retrain
rewan85623662rewa_n
rewin85623962re_win
vegan95114152vega_n

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551572.68630733.8
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691573.04558683.4
 
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