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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forretrograding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

13 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
retrograding155341(None) 
reprograming1863902reprograming
deprograming1963363deprograming
preprograming2162483preprograming
regrading121210203re___grading
reprogramming2172923reprogramming
retreading12128483retr__eading
retroceding1544133retro_ceding
retrograde1254163retrograd__e
retrograded1453103retrograd_ed
retrogradely1761523retrogradely
retrogrades1354003retrograd_es
retrogressing1553163retrogressing

Search took 5 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 Filter178691950240.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit95024134.20322608.6
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691134.54939281.4