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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 “retro” 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.

62 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
retro5502095(None) 
metro74718801metro
repro75315911repro
retros63820191retros
retry84718081retry
aero45435342ae_ro
cero66329452ce_ro
dextro1436122dextro
euro45325272_euro
fetor81214532fetor
genro64914032genro
hero74635782he_ro
hetero9312632hetero
intro54915852intro
keto86223452ket_o
metre74821302metre
metros84217802metros
nitro54914352nitro
pedro8313152pedro
petrol82714062petrol
petto76021042petto
pretor8315752pretor
ratio55227582ratio
rato45436972rat_o
rear45644552rear_
rearm75923572rearm
rears54739652rears
recto74520802recto
rector84019752rector
redo56029362re_do
redry94314362redry
refry114412462refry
regrow10309882regrow
repo66027542re_po
repros84216002repros
ret35982832ret__
retag63618412retag
retard75018932retard
retax124517972retax
retch104818302retch
rete44944132ret_e
retem74221952retem
retia55326112retia
retie55735302retie
retire64927012retire
retook104313442retook
retool63914482retool
retore67630772retore
retorn610923432retorn
retort66831152retort
retral64419742retral
retrim83514882retrim
rets45352562ret_s
return623222522return
rezero1578872rezero
rhetor938062rhetor
roto45935052rot_o
rotor55519732rotor
tetra53417952tetra
tetri52716452tetri
veto76622992vet_o
zero134822472ze_ro

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800623.98613497.2
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691624.32941277.7
 
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