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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 “retreating” 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.

28 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
retreating11141477(None) 
pretreating1448891pretreating
recreating131214581recreating
retreading12128481retreading
entreating11811552entreating
estreating11710362estreating
intreating11614012intreating
recrating121318792recr_ating
redreaming1446442redreaming
reerecting1339972reerecting
regrating111316212regr_ating
regreeting1237342regreeting
regretting1237782regretting
reheating132314912re_heating
reiterating12410492reiterating
repeating122618982re_peating
rereading111212712re_reading
rerenting102617662re_renting
reseating102421532re_seating
reteaming122110442ret_eaming
retearing102214252ret_earing
retesting102614602ret_esting
rethreading16154282rethreading
retracing12313292retr_acing
retracting13311932retracting
retreatant1054942retreatant
retroacting1447282retroacting
treating92519612__treating

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 Filter1786911088240.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit108824283.95327529.5
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691284.38940713.4
 
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