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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 “retinal” 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
retinal7531835(None) 
reginal84814291reginal
retial64724991reti_al
retina65023381retina_
retinae75517331retinae
retinals85612961retinals
retinas74819351retinas
retinol7469691retinol
actinal9312292actinal
dentinal939502dentinal
fetial95716192feti_al
geminal10109912geminal
matinal9312602matinal
metical11315362metical
rational8412542rational
recital9412162recital
redial74923112redi_al
regina75317142regina_
reginae84713452reginae
reginas85614062reginas
regional9438782regional
regnal74812932re_gnal
renal55929502re__nal
retia55326112reti_a_
retine66237332retin_e
retines75134672retines
retinols8419742retinols
retint65633442retin_t
retints74717012retints
retinue75414842retinue
retinula845722retinula
retotal739842retotal
retral64419742ret_ral
retrial7615552retrial
retsina74710602retsina_
retsinas8387962retsinas
revisal1038262revisal
revival1337032revival
rhinal9510192r_hinal
ruminal9289992ruminal
seminal91213412seminal
tetanal738022tetanal
veinal93812962ve_inal

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 Filter1786911076710.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit107671434.01626810.5
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691434.82537034.4
 
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