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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 “retardate” 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.

42 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
retardate104702(None) 
retardates1146431retardates
retaliate9410642retaliate
retardant1046832retardant
retardants1144142retardants
demarcate1446613demarcate
ecaudate1145313_ecaudate
recrate92621663re_cr_ate
recreate10313603re_create
rectorate11411373rector_ate
recurvate1445853recurvate
redate74124683re___date
reformate1446953reformate
regardant1145443regardant
regrate82618663re_gr_ate
rehydrate1644793rehydrate
reiterate9412933reiter_ate
repatriate12115953repatriate
reradiate10179033reradiate
retaliated1148443retaliated
retaliates1049103retaliates
retard75018933retard___
retardation12106863retardation
retarded102410753retard_ed
retarder9229433retard_er
retarders10227573retarders
retarding111110653retarding
retards85015003retard__s
retarget9312743retarget_
retargeted1243843retargeted
retargets1045303retargets
retaste72313133reta__ste
retrace91417343ret_r_ace
retreat7317533ret_reat_
retreated10312623ret_reated
retreater9310203ret_reater
retreats8311413ret_reats
revalidate1454703revalidate
revaluate12277103revaluate
rewardable1643883rewardable
separate10310783separ_ate
stearate839723stear_ate

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641427.51619776.6
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691427.95222471.2
 
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