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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 “retighten” 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.

40 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
retighten137477(None) 
retightens1453681retightens
heighten1545702he_ighten
relighted1436862relighted
resighted1436522resighted
retightened1652432retightened
tighten11288972__tighten
bedighted1744583bedighted
benighted1644743benighted
brighten1466243_brighten
delighted1546203delighted
delighter1445583delighter
eighteen1245763_e_ighteen
enlighten1344353enlighten
freighted1755203fre_ighted
freighter1655023fre_ighter
frighten1566443_frighten
heightens1644713he_ightens
lighten112811523__lighten
overtighten1853503overtighten
refight1488873refight__
refighting1845203refighting
refights1555883refight_s
relight11512063relight__
relighting1545853relighting
relights1248053relight_s
resight11510643resight__
resighting1546073resighting
resights1246733resight_s
retightening1752063retightening
retinite8314853retinite_
retinites9313503retinites
retinted94414363reti_nted
righted122912143r__ighted
righter113212383r__ighter
tightens12297953__tightens
tighter112910693__tighter
weighmen1743463we_ighmen
weighted1635593we_ighted
weighter1535603we_ighter

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641407.62319499.0
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691408.07922118.0
 
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