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

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

20 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
refrains	11	3	959	(None)
refrain	10	3	1004	1	refrain_
retrains	8	3	1453	1	retrains
detrains	9	4	1176	2	detrains
pretrains	11	4	1014	2	pretrains
refracts	13	13	738	2	refracts
refrained	13	4	722	2	refrained
refrainer	12	4	584	2	refrainer
refrainers	13	4	447	2	refrainers
reframes	13	3	899	2	reframes
reframing	15	3	862	2	reframing
refries	10	44	1973	2	refr_ies
refrying	15	27	890	2	refrying
regains	8	43	1658	2	re_gains
remains	9	41	1791	2	re_mains
reordains	10	14	545	2	reordains
restrains	9	3	1162	2	restrains
retains	7	45	2225	2	re_tains
retrain	7	6	1542	2	retrain_
terrains	8	4	1032	2	terrains

Search took 5 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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.686	32842.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.079	43807.6