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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 “retreat” 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.

34 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
retreat731753(None) 
pretreat10311921pretreat
retread849001retread
retreats8311411retreats
entreat7315262entreat
estreat7314812estreat
hereat93527412he_reat
intreat7416302intreat
pretreats1146932pretreats
recheat12415932recheat
recreant10311282recreant
recreate10313602recreate
redream10107912redream
redreamt11127182redreamt
reerect92915882reerect
regreet83015952regreet
regret73723532regre_t
reheat94423942re_heat
repeat85127212re_peat
reread71715432re_read
rerent63832452re_rent
reseat64131492re_seat
reteam83214532ret_eam
retear63115482ret_ear
retest64028452ret_est
rethread1245352rethread
retract91318112retract
retral64419742retr_al
retreads937822retreads
retreated10312622retreated
retreater9310202retreater
retrial7615552retrial
retroact10410002retroact
treat56240352__treat

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671343.61029825.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.74947663.6
 
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