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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 “retaught” 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.

35 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
retaught124465(None) 
rebought1474392rebought
refought1564232refought
resought1254982resought
retarget9312742retarget
rethought1653802rethought
taught104312222__taught
untaught1243722untaught
aught95120703___aught
besought1453993besought
bethought1853433bethought
caught124911683__caught
claught1335103_claught
draught12266973_draught
fraught14266353_fraught
methought1853933methought
mistaught1543533mistaught
naught104312493__naught
outcaught1543323outcaught
overtaught1753553overtaught
prebought17113143prebought
refight1488873re_fight
regauge945813regaug_e
regauged1135143regauged
regauges1046093regauges
relight11512063re_light
resight11510643re_sight
retag63618413reta_g__
retagged1136063retagged
retags73414303reta_g_s
retargets1045303retargets
retouch1235853retouch_
rewrought1652753rewrought
uncaught1443623uncaught
waught133811043__waught

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162356.53022383.2
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.95225703.5
 
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