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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 “retook” 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.

35 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
retook10431344(None) 
betook12439601betook
rebook125213201rebook
recook125513921recook
relook104813741relook
retool63914481retool
caretook1445172caretook
ebook114510802_ebook
prebook1557522prebook
precook1577802precook
ratoon64417372ratoon
rebooks134010512rebooks
reboot84119332reboot
recock145112722recock
recooks134711232recooks
recork126315492recork
redock134311542redock
reitbok1343132reitbok
relock124713522relock
relooks114010722relooks
reroof9315002reroof
resoak10311092resoak
restock1338672restock
retack122612822retack
retold73013752retold
retools73411022retools
retore67630772retore
retorn610923432retorn
retort66831152retort
retro55020952retro_
retros63820192retros
rework136619792rework
rook85532032r__ook
stook95218212_stook
took86531072__took

Search took 8 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 Filter178691825510.690258972.5
2DLD Change Limit82551357.07611666.3
3Display Results35350.0301166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691357.79622920.9
 
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