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

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

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

88 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
retag	6	36	1841	(None)
retags	7	34	1430	1	retags
retax	12	45	1797	1	retax
beta	6	62	3413	2	beta_
betas	7	55	2876	2	betas
debag	9	42	1230	2	debag
eta	3	58	3419	2	_eta_
etas	4	64	3227	2	_etas
feta	7	65	2890	2	feta_
fetal	8	56	2337	2	fetal
fetas	8	56	2440	2	fetas
geta	5	66	2744	2	geta_
getas	6	54	2148	2	getas
jetlag	14	3	452	2	jetlag
meta	6	59	3241	2	meta_
metage	9	31	1445	2	metage
metal	7	54	2738	2	metal
peag	7	54	3134	2	pe_ag
petal	7	65	2689	2	petal
pretax	15	23	1019	2	pretax
rag	4	57	6132	2	r__ag
ragtag	8	3	664	2	ragtag
ratal	5	50	2511	2	ratal
ratan	5	37	2266	2	ratan
ratbag	9	5	656	2	ratbag
read	5	59	4253	2	re_ad
real	4	57	5029	2	re_al
ream	6	58	4161	2	re_am
reap	6	59	3474	2	re_ap
rear	4	56	4455	2	re_ar
reata	5	42	2539	2	reata
reatas	6	40	2101	2	reatas
rebar	7	54	2019	2	rebar
recap	9	57	1802	2	recap
recta	7	42	2026	2	recta_
rectal	8	44	1813	2	rectal
redan	6	61	2501	2	redan
reflag	10	9	808	2	reflag
reg	4	61	4649	2	re__g
regal	6	50	2379	2	regal
rehab	10	3	1244	2	rehab
rehang	10	3	982	2	rehang
rejig	13	38	1012	2	rejig
relax	12	48	1780	2	relax
relay	8	44	2467	2	relay
reman	7	57	3015	2	reman
remap	9	54	1810	2	remap
renal	5	59	2950	2	renal
renig	6	45	1891	2	renig
rental	6	39	2202	2	rental
repay	10	48	1845	2	repay
repeg	8	40	1505	2	repeg
reran	5	73	2910	2	reran
rerig	6	40	1848	2	rerig
resat	5	51	3968	2	resat
resaw	8	41	1725	2	resaw
resay	8	53	2054	2	resay
restage	8	33	1619	2	restage
ret	3	59	8283	2	ret__
retack	12	26	1282	2	retack
retail	6	55	2207	2	retail
retain	6	45	2328	2	retain
retake	10	47	1853	2	retake
retape	8	39	1768	2	retape
retard	7	50	1893	2	retard
retch	10	48	1830	2	retch
rete	4	49	4413	2	ret_e
reteam	8	32	1453	2	reteam
retear	6	31	1548	2	retear
retem	7	42	2195	2	retem
retia	5	53	2611	2	retia
retial	6	47	2499	2	retial
retie	5	57	3530	2	retie
retral	6	44	1974	2	retral
retro	5	50	2095	2	retro
retry	8	47	1808	2	retry
rets	4	53	5256	2	ret_s
rewan	8	56	2366	2	rewan
rewax	15	57	1392	2	rewax
rota	4	58	3434	2	rota_
rotas	5	48	2772	2	rotas
seta	4	56	3731	2	seta_
setae	5	60	2622	2	setae
setal	5	64	3090	2	setal
stag	5	73	3200	2	_stag
tag	4	72	5949	2	__tag
zeta	13	51	2164	2	zeta_
zetas	14	50	1816	2	zetas

Search took 3 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	53800	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	88	1.813	29674.6
3	Display Results	88	88	0.016	5500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	88	2.125	84089.9