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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forretentions” 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.

16 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
retentions10161111(None) 
detentions11148801detentions
retention91611481retention_
attentions1045982attentions
detections131410042detections
detention10169542detention_
intentions10411402intentions
pretensions1347082pretensions
pretentious13125592pretentious
preventions1648532preventions
recensions1248482recensions
receptions1449742receptions
refections151811642refections
rejections191510102rejections
resections121513032resections
retortions1049142retortions

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 Filter1786911088240.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit108824163.11034991.6
3Display Results16160.0161000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691163.49951069.2