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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 “retaker” 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.

51 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
retaker11371431(None) 
remaker133813171remaker
retake104718531retake_
retaken113911801retaken
retakers123511131retakers
retakes113718861retakes
beaker125520692be_aker
betake124512702betake_
betaken13438282betaken
betakes134212522betakes
breaker133912922bre_aker
caretaker1545082caretaker
leaker104620072le_aker
metamer1139612metamer
raker94529792r__aker
reader73628292re_ader
realer63528592re_aler
reamer84325212re_amer
reaper84223142re_aper
rearer64928912re_arer
reaver94524732re_aver
rebater93517912rebater
rebuker13407842rebuker
reeker103715592re_eker
regaler83814622regaler
relater73723142relater
relaxer143410222relaxer
remake124016112remake_
remakers143811302remakers
remakes134116172remakes
remarker14178492remarker
repaper11310022repaper
retacked15169272retacked
retailer82911572retailer
retainer82913812retainer
retape83917682retape_
retaped103814282retaped
retapes93917422retapes
retarder9229432retarder
retaxed153512232retaxed
retaxes143615092retaxes
retirer74715012retirer
retracer101411882retracer
revoker14419192revoker
rewake135218462rewake_
rewaked153811902rewaked
rewaken144410272rewaken
rewakes144614982rewakes
taker95229002__taker
weaker134015442we_aker
wreaker143610042wre_aker

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 Filter1786911076710.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit107671514.11026197.3
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691514.56239169.4
 
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