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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forretrospectivelya” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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

15 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
retrospectively2572171retrospectively_
introspectively2572213introspectively_
retrospective2083513retrospective___
retrospectives2192783retrospective__s
perspectively2553274pe_r_spectively_
prospectively2553154__prospectively_
respectively2285184re___spectively_
retroactively2153384retro__actively_
introspective2073575introspective___
reproductively2562505repro_ductively_
retrogressively2271755retrogressively_
retrospected1752665retrospect__e__d
retrospecting1863455retrospecti___ng
retrospection1784315retrospecti___on
retrospections1894165retrospecti__ons

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 Filter178691435480.0802233637.5
2DLD Change Limit43548152.56316991.0
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691152.65967202.3