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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 “rector” 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.

67 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
rector8401975(None) 
erector93513811erector
hector113312651hector
lector83514991lector
reactor93011661reactor
recto74520801recto_
rectors93520521rectors
rectory123512731rectory
rectos85718781rectos
sector83415931sector
vector113212061vector
actor71116082_actor
bettor83612222bettor
creator93714442creator
debtor938332debtor
decor84717572dec_or
director1147782director
doctor938992doctor
ejector16378602ejector
elector93313262elector
erecter93113392erecter
erectors103514262erectors
factor11911462factor
fetor81214532fe_tor
hectors123513262hectors
lectors93415772lectors
lictor83610862lictor
mentor8414362mentor
nectar838852nectar
nestor63713422nestor
pretor8315752pre_tor
proctor11310432proctor
raptor83912822raptor
reactors103212292reactors
realtor73611352realtor
receptor1256702receptor
reciter94117262reciter
reckon123010542reckon
recolor978692recolor
recon75624242rec_on
recook125513922recook
record96117432rec_ord
recork126315492rec_ork
recta74220262rect_a
rectal84418142rectal
recti73619622rect_i
rectum103411282rectum
rectus83314632rectus
recur74116842rec_ur
redactor1147032redactor
redtop937972redtop
reductor1156432reductor
rejector17237722rejector
relator74016372relator
renter64527412renter
rester63832432rester
restore75822982restore
retore67630772re_tore
retorn610923432re_torn
retort66831152re_tort
retro55020952re_tro
rhetor938062rhetor
rotor55519732r_otor
sectors93116452sectors
tractor9311342tractor
vectors123212592vectors
victor113210672victor

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 Filter178691825510.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit82551674.92316768.4
3Display Results67670.0461456.5
 (SQL Overall)178691675.65531598.8
 
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