Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “retroaction” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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39 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
retroaction	13	4	736	(None)
retraction	12	13	1053	1	retr_action
retroactions	14	4	707	1	retroactions
detraction	13	13	858	2	detr_action
refraction	15	13	790	2	refr_action
retractions	13	9	1035	2	retr_actions
retroacting	14	4	728	2	retroacting
retroactive	16	4	582	2	retroactive
retrodiction	15	5	565	2	retrodiction
attraction	12	7	695	3	attr_action
detractions	14	11	827	3	detr_actions
extraction	19	6	798	3	extr_action
metrication	15	4	1065	3	metrication
petrifaction	19	5	372	3	petrifaction
proaction	13	4	1010	3	__proaction
protraction	15	4	721	3	protr_action
reaction	10	6	1260	3	re___action
recreation	12	4	1361	3	recrea_tion
redaction	12	5	966	3	re__daction
refractions	16	12	772	3	refr_actions
relocation	12	3	1211	3	re_location
reprobation	15	4	850	3	reprobation
reproduction	17	6	565	3	reproduction
restoration	11	4	1209	3	restora_tion
restriction	13	4	936	3	restr_iction
retardation	12	10	686	3	retarda_tion
retortion	9	4	967	3	ret_o_rtion
retractile	12	4	625	3	retr_actile
retracting	13	3	1193	3	retr_acting
retractor	11	21	851	3	retr_act_or
retribution	13	11	498	3	retribution
retroact	10	4	1000	3	retroact___
retroacted	13	6	613	3	retroact_ed
retroacts	11	4	628	3	retroact__s
retrodictions	16	5	553	3	retrodictions
retroflection	18	5	404	3	retroflection
retrospection	17	8	431	3	retrospection
revocation	15	4	1081	3	re_vocation
traction	10	4	1268	3	__tr_action

Search took 6 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121633	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	39	5.076	23962.4
3	Display Results	39	39	0.016	2437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	39	5.468	32679.4