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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 “protractors” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
protractors154662(None) 
protractor1446261protractor_
propraetors1554182propraetors
protectors142010142prot_ectors
protractions1646642protractions
protracts1347022protract__s
retractors12158582_retractors
abstractors1554413abstractors
attractors1245843_attractors
contractors1549163contractors
detractors13147293_detractors
extractors1946423_extractors
perorators1249353pero_ra_tors
procreators1575713procreators
proctors12311513pro___ctors
procurators1545173procura_tors
projectors21187173pro_jectors
pronators11411303pro_na_tors
propraetor1454123propraetor_
propretors1445793propr_etors
proprietors1554383proprietors
prosectors14199123pro_sectors
prospectors1754583prospectors
protecters14168263prot_ecters
protector13169533prot_ector_
protectory17157483prot_ectory
protestors12169313prot_estors
protract12510603protract___
protracted1545763protract_ed
protractile1554103protractile
protracting1646933protracting
protraction1547213protraction
protractive1855633protractive
refractors15156273_refractors
retractor11218513_retractor_
rotators8310203_rot_a_tors
tractors10312573___tractors

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121633374.86025027.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691375.26633933.0
 
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