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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 “retrofit” 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.

33 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
retrofit114830(None) 
retrofits1245351retrofits
retroact10410002retroact
retrodict1247502retrodict
retrofire1244542retrofire
introit7414533intro_it
intromit1048743intromit
petrolic1249693petrolic
profit113016273__profit
recruit939773recr_uit
redraft11310573redraf_t
redroot8312903redro_ot
refit84230063re___fit
refront10313263refro_nt
regraft11310153regraf_t
reoutfit1184003reoutfit
reposit9315863re_posit
retort66831153ret_o_rt
retract91318113retr_act
retrain7615423retr_ain
retreat7317533retr_eat
retrim83514883retr__im
retro55020953retro___
retroacts1146283retroacts
retrodicts1344483retrodicts
retrofired1443433retrofired
retrofires1344473retrofires
retrofitted1552603retrofitted
retroflex1942923retroflex
retronym1354683retronym
retrorse837633retrorse
retros63820193retro__s
tetroxid1646453tetroxid

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit146162337.25020160.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.76323018.3
 
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