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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 “retardant” 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.

34 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
retardant104683(None) 
regardant1145441regardant
retardants1144141retardants
retardate1047022retardate
retarding111110652retarding
retirant8313592retir_ant
demandant1345833demandant
gardant9314463__gardant
guardant1046443_guardant
reactant10311433re_actant
readapt1039743re_a_dapt
recreant10311283re_creant
redundant1143983redundant
regarding12149153regarding
regrant8317323re_gr_ant
reharden1276303reharden_
rehardens13104673rehardens
relaxant1545843rela_xant
restaurant1053593restaurant
retard75018933retard___
retardates1146433retardates
retarded102410753retard_ed
retarder9229433retard_er
retarders10227573retarders
retards85015003retard__s
retarget9312743retar_get
retirants947323retir_ants
retract91318113ret_r_act
retreat7317533ret_rea_t
retroact10410003ret_roact
revertant12128003revertant
rewarding14148833rewarding
ritardando125973ritardando
verdant11313293ve__rdant

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641346.89021573.4
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.32624391.3
 
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