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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 “retaining” 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.

55 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
retaining10211473(None) 
detaining112510471detaining
regaining112411081regaining
remaining122212791remaining
retailing103214731retailing
retraining11310241retraining
attaining1047222attaining
destaining1267942destaining
detailing112510412detailing
detraining1267672detraining
obtaining1236772obtaining
pertaining1347992pertaining
pretraining1446502pretraining
raining83922692r__aining
reattaining1244592reattaining
rebaiting12311642rebaiting
recaning111416692reca_ning
reclining121112282reclining
recoining121313802recoining
redlining111210292redlining
reearning1039052reearning
refining122416862re_fining
refraining1437262refraining
reining84425322re__ining
rejoining17149222rejoining
relining93218742re_lining
remailing122412472remailing
remanning12229032remanning
renailing102813332renailing
reobtaining1443532reobtaining
repainting13128972repainting
repairing12310012repairing
repining114116592re_pining
reraising10313772reraising
resailing103314252resailing
reshining13310742reshining
resining92919552re_sining
restraining1247532restraining
retacking1658972retacking
retagging1236032retagging
retailings11265232retailings
retaking133114282reta_king
retaping113012552reta_ping
retarding111110652retarding
retasting102513412retasting
retaxing162311332reta_xing
rethinking1845182rethinking
retieing92913712ret_ieing
retiling93319482ret_iling
retiming113014192ret_iming
retinting102215252ret_inting
retiring92717412ret_iring
retuning9311582ret_uning
returning1038132returning
staining9413372_staining

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 Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436553.92030978.6
3Display Results55550.0331666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691554.37640834.3
 
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