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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 “protracts” 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.

54 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
protracts134702(None) 
protract12510601protract_
portraits1146802portraits
protects1239742prot_ects
protracted1545762protracted
protractor1446262protractor
protractors1546622protractors
retracts101111312_retracts
abstracts1346593abstracts
attracts1047793_attracts
contracts132212013contracts
detracts11138833_detracts
distracts1249293distracts
extracts1747623_extracts
footraces1446713footraces
portrait10510323portrait_
portrays1345293portra_ys
preacts113211363pr__eacts
preenacts1345843preenacts
preerects1345413preerects
pretrains11410143pretrains
pretreats1146933pretreats
products1376513pro_ducts
programs1339783progra_ms
projects1936413pro_jects
prorate9418733pro_ra_te
prorates10418073pro_rates
prosects1239473pro_sects
prospects1545103prospects
prostrate11412483prostra_te
prostrates12411993prostrates
protases102115033prot_ases
protasis102411973prot_asis
proteans102811543protea_ns
proteas92015123protea__s
proteases112110833proteases
protect11313633prot_ect_
protests10310493prot_ests
prothoraces1855253prothoraces
protists10313363prot_ists
protractile1554103protractile
protracting1646933protracting
protraction1547213protraction
protractions1646643protractions
protractive1855633protractive
protrade1148213protra_de
protrudes1245173protrudes
refracts13137383_refracts
retraces101417273_retraces
retracks14149103_retracks
retract91318113_retract_
retroacts1146283_retroacts
subtracts1346363subtracts
tracts85019073___tracts

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641547.65619415.0
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691548.12521992.7
 
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