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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forretractor” 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.

19 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
retractor1121851(None) 
detractor12147211detractor
refractor14156321refractor
retractors12158581retractors
attractor1145822attractor
detractors13147292detractors
extractor1846722extractor
protractor1446262protractor
reactor93011662re__actor
redactor1147032re_dactor
reenactor1184352reenactor
refractors15156272refractors
refractory18134772refractory
retracer101411882retrac_er
retract91318112retract__
retracted12410952retracted
retraction121310532retraction
retracts101111312retract_s
tractor9311342__tractor

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 Filter1786911214360.843211970.3
2DLD Change Limit121436194.70325821.0
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691195.54632219.8