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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 “retrain” 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.

39 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
retrain761542(None) 
detrain8412251detrain
pretrain10310921pretrain
refrain10310041refrain
restrain8311701restrain
retain64523281ret_ain
retrains8314531retrains
certain92612212certain
detain74617382det_ain
detrains9411762detrains
entrain7313072entrain
pertain92714962pertain
pretrains11410142pretrains
reattain846732reattain
redrawn11245952redrawn
refrains1139592refrains
regain74517762re_gain
remain85919862re_main
reordain9135572reordain
reran57329102re_ra_n
restrains9311622restrains
restraint9412752restraint
retail65522072ret_ail
retains74522252ret_ains
retrace91417342retrace
retracing12313292retracing
retrack131310722retrack
retract91318112retract
retrained10411312retrained
retrainee9511162retrainee
retral64419742retra_l
retrial7615552retrial
retrim83514882retr_im
retrying122410452retrying
seatrain847922seatrain
strain64919572_strain
terrain7410852terrain
train56529112__train
vitrain1038942vitrain

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 Filter1786911076710.780229091.0
2DLD Change Limit107671394.42324343.4
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691395.21934238.6
 
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