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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 “retired” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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94 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
retired8462014(None) 
refired115116991refired
rehired115013151rehired
retied75924981reti_ed
retiled84420511retiled
retimed104714651retimed
retire64927011retire_
retiree75019081retiree
retirer74715011retirer
retires74726211retires
retried84419151retried
rewired115413281rewired
antired82316192antired
attired8238912attired
bemired123410632bemired
betided114810202betided
deaired9411532deaired
desired9311982desired
heired103813042he_ired
metered103514012metered
metred95315142met_red
petered103314972petered
prefired144310752prefired
prewired14358472prewired
reared75930012re_ared
rebored105015882rebored
rebred95816352re_bred
recited104319102recited
redried93714892redried
refiled114318652refiled
refined114720002refined
refire95419472refire_
refires104820312refires
refixed183611152refixed
refried113513872refried
rehire95415862rehire_
rehires105016112rehires
reined74425522re_ined
reived104518132re_ived
relied74926232reli_ed
relined85321932relined
relived115114682relived
remised103516842remised
remixed173510742remixed
reoiled84316852reoiled
repaired1148952repaired
repined104918772repined
required18156832required
resided95217702resided
resiled84621982resiled
resined84522652resined
resited85122422resited
resized174614902resized
respired1148992respired
restored96417192restored
retailed94113962retailed
retained93016092retained
retaped103814282retaped
retard75018932retar_d
retarded102410752retarded
retaxed153512232retaxed
retched133814272retched
rethread1245352rethread
retie55735302reti_e_
reties65436192reti_es
retile65929672retile_
retiles74426992retiles
retime85321802retime_
retimes95020172retimes
retine66237332retine_
retines75134672retines
retinted94414362retinted
retinued95210822retinued
retiredly1343722retiredly
retirees84611652retirees
retirers84311532retirers
retitled9339552retitled
retore67630772retore_
retorted9312332retorted
retread849002ret_read
retries74129072retries
retted74826312ret_ted
retuned86613972retuned
returned9459132returned
retyped13367302retyped
revered112819332revered
reviled114417922reviled
revised113815482revised
revived144211652revived
rewire95421412rewire_
rewires104717112rewires
tired65228902__tired
unretired1046432unretired
untired82316382untired

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671943.39331733.3
3Display Results94940.0462043.5
 (SQL Overall)178691943.81246875.9
 
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