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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 “retort” 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.

59 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
retort6683115(None) 
report85326021report
resort65728621resort
retore67630771retore
retorn610923431retorn
retorts76016511retorts
dehort104618102dehort
deport94922392deport
extort13513972extort
fetor81214532fetor_
fetors91014472fetors
intort6418922intort
jetport1646642jetport
presort95219542presort
pretor8315752pretor_
pretors9316812pretors
reboot84119332reboot
rebore86625652rebore
reborn810016962reborn
recoat84024272recoat
record96117432record
recork126315492recork
rector84019752rector_
rectors93520522rectors
rectory123512732rectory
redout71820252redout
reform11312712reform
remora8414592remora
reports94916212reports
repot75132622repo_t
resorb84914352resorb
resorts74817192resorts
restart7320032restart
restore75822982restore
retard75018932retard
retest64028452retest
retint65633442retint
retire64927012retire
retold73013752retold
retook104313442retook
retool63914482retool
retorted9312332retorted
retorter8410732retorter
retro55020952ret_ro
retros63820192retros
retry84718082ret_ry
return623222522return
revert93529112revert
revolt9316222revolt
reword106321412reword
rewore938030162rewore
rework136619792rework
reworn98122202reworn
rhetor938062rhetor_
rhetors1038512rhetors
rotor55519732rotor_
rotors64917952rotors
setout64719472setout
tort46967462__tort

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551594.07620252.9
3Display Results59590.0331787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691594.46939984.6
 
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