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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 “retailer” 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.

37 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
retailer8291157(None) 
detailer9268671detailer
retailed94113961retailed
retailers9258771retailers
retailor8285221retailor
retainer82913811retainer
bewailer1334862bewailer
detailed10319872detailed
detailers10257252detailers
detainer92910792detainer
entailer877832entailer
prevailer1445152prevailer
railer64524932r__ailer
realer63528592re_a_ler
recaller1039322recaller
recoiler103210492recoiler
regainer9249352regainer
regaler83814622rega_ler
remailed112411402remailed
renailed92512802renailed
repairer1036782repairer
resailed93613062resailed
retable91820402retable_
retables101712672retables
retail65522072retail__
retailors9285362retailors
retails74718972retail_s
retained93016092retained
retainers92510762retainers
retaker113714312reta_ker
retarder9229432retarder
retile65929672ret_ile_
retiled84420512ret_iled
retiles74426992ret_iles
retirer74715012ret_irer
reviler104314972re_viler
tailer63823732__tailer

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059373.90630993.1
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691374.30941469.3
 
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