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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 “retrospecting” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
retrospecting186345(None) 
introspecting18123572introspecting
retrospection1784312retrospection
retrospections1894172retrospections
retrospective2083512retrospective
prospecting1845853__prospecting
reinspecting1763203re_inspecting
respecting1549883re___specting
retroacting1447283retro__acting
retrodicting1654463retro_dicting
retrospect1463833retrospect___
retrospected1752663retrospect_ed
retrospectives2192783retrospectives
retrospects1562903retrospect__s
disrespecting1952434disrespecting
introjecting2254254intro_jecting
introspection1764624introspection
introspections1864064introspections
introspective2073574introspective
prosecting15189814__pros_ecting
recollecting1764084re_collecting
reconnecting1745354re_connecting
reerecting1339974reer___ecting
reobjecting2343034re__objecting
representing1555134repres_enting
rerepeating1447184re_r_epeating
resecting122816484re___s_ecting
retracting13311934retr___acting
retreating111414774retr___eating
retroceding1544134retro_ce_ding
retrofitting1653184retro_fitting
retroflection1854044retroflection
retroflections1953874retroflections
retrogressing1553164retrogressing
retrospectively2572174retrospectively
trisecting1345504__tris_ecting

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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024364.65620408.9
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691365.02935532.1
 
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