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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 “retards” 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.

45 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
retards8501500(None) 
petards104311151petards
regards94112561regards
retard75018931retard_
rewards114813991rewards
ritards8439941ritards
beards94116672be_ards
dotards937252dotards
leotards945302leotards
petard95013802petard_
readds84111642re_adds
reads64835272re_a_ds
rearms85114652re_arms
rears54739652re_ar_s
rebars84019832rebar_s
reboards1138772reboards
records105213922records
reearns749102reearns
regard85215772regard_
relands85214882relands
remands104914882remands
remarks13329982remarks
reparks13249512reparks
restarts8310872restarts
retacks132210712retacks
retags73414302reta_gs
retails74718972retails
retains74522252retains
retakes113718862retakes
retapes93917422retapes
retarded102410752retarded
retarder9229432retarder
retarders10227572retarders
retaxes143615092retaxes
retears72814922retear_s
retires74726212retires
retorts76016512retorts
retros63820192ret_ros
returns79712592returns
reward106017642reward_
rewarms12439602rewarms
rewords115413982rewords
reynards1244302reynards
ritard74812082ritard_
tetrads82910192tetrads

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671455.48319637.2
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691455.87530415.5
 
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