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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “obtain” 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.

21 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
obtain	8	3	918	(None)
obtains	9	3	916	1	obtains
abstain	9	4	725	2	abstain
attain	6	3	1175	2	attain
blain	7	54	2179	2	_blain
bobtail	11	4	655	2	bobtail
brain	7	62	2938	2	_brain
contain	9	3	1583	2	contain
detain	7	46	1738	2	detain
obtained	11	3	653	2	obtained
obtainer	10	4	579	2	obtainer
octan	7	13	1348	2	octa_n
ordain	7	8	1040	2	ordain
outgain	8	10	1074	2	outgain
outlain	7	12	1261	2	outlain
outsin	6	36	1756	2	outsin
oxtail	13	3	765	2	oxtail
reobtain	10	4	462	2	reobtain
retain	6	45	2328	2	retain
stain	5	57	2794	2	_stain
tain	4	55	4807	2	__tain

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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.842	62875.1