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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 “retronyms” 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.

24 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
retronyms144419(None) 
retronym1354681retronym_
heteronyms1874232heteronyms
metonyms1545322met_onyms
acronyms1544993_acronyms
antonyms1345873ant_onyms
autonyms1345983aut_onyms
eponyms1444853_e_ponyms
ethnonyms1752183_ethnonyms
exonyms1944433_e_xonyms
heteronym1774293heteronym_
metonym1445573met_onym_
metonymy1843853met_onymy
metronome1345943metronome
metronomes1446083metronomes
paronyms1546553_paronyms
petronels1146063petronels
refronts1137773refron_ts
regrooms1196013regro_oms
restrooms1146033restro_oms
retrims93612373retr__ims
retroacts1146283retroacts
retrofits1245353retrofits
retros63820193retro___s

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641247.21620598.8
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691247.66823303.5
 
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