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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 “retreats” 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.

33 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
retreats831141(None) 
pretreats1146931pretreats
retreads937821retreads
retreat7317531retreat_
entreats839772entreats
estreats839422estreats
intreats8311542intreats
pretreat10311922pretreat_
recheats1339192recheats
recreants1146622recreants
recreate10313602recreate
recreates11313362recreates
redreams1195952redreams
reerects10319922reerects
regreets9287852regreets
regrets83212922regre_ts
reheats104513522re_heats
repeats94316052re_peats
rereads81512292re_reads
rerents73319422re_rents
reseats74319582re_seats
reteams9339562ret_eams
retears72814922ret_ears
retests73813852ret_ests
rethreads1344482rethreads
retracts101111312retracts
retread849002retrea_d
retreated10312622retreated
retreater9310202retreater
retreaters1047542retreaters
retrials8510822retrials
retroacts1146282retroacts
treats64821692__treats

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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059334.03330017.1
3Display Results33330.0301100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691334.43640282.0
 
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