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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 “retard” 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.

67 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
retard7501893(None) 
petard95013801petard
regard85215771regard
retards85015001retards
reward106017631reward
ritard74812081ritard
beard86024962be_ard
dotard839052dotard
heard95222752he_ard
leotard846192leotard
petards104311152petards
read55942532re_a_d
readd74617132re_add
rear45644552re_ar_
reared75930012re_ared
rearm75923562re_arm
rears54739652re_ars
rebar75420192rebar_
rebars84019832rebars
reboard10310762reboard
record96117422record
reearn6612142reearn
regards94112562regards
reheard11309022reheard
relaid75518442relaid
reland75920432reland
remand95618962remand
remark123512372remark
repaid94716322repaid
repand95316062repand
repark123511712repark
resaid74517082resaid
restart7320032restart
retack122612822retack
retag63618412reta_g
retags73414302retags
retail65522072retail
retain64523282retain
retake104718532retake
retape83917682retape
retaped103814282retaped
retarded102410752retarded
retarder9229432retarder
retax124517972reta_x
retaxed153512232retaxed
retear63115482retear_
retears72814922retears
retiary1038332retiary
retied75924982retied
retire64927012retire
retired84620142retired
retold73013752retold
retore67630762retore
retorn610923422retorn
retort66831142retort
retral64419742retral
retro55020952ret_ro
retry84718082ret_ry
retted74826312retted
return623222522return
rewards114813992rewards
rewarm115913482rewarm
reword106321402reword
reynard1135122reynard
ritards8439942ritards
rotary92411302rotary
tetrad73612052tetrad

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551672.22037185.1
3Display Results67670.0135153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691672.34376265.9
 
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