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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “retreater” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
retreater	9	3	1020	(None)
retreated	10	3	1263	1	retreated
retreaters	10	4	755	1	retreaters
pretheater	15	4	554	2	pretheater
pretreated	13	4	763	2	pretreated
recreate	10	3	1360	2	recreate_
recreated	12	4	1254	2	recreated
recreates	11	3	1336	2	recreates
regretter	10	4	597	2	regretter
reheater	11	34	1303	2	re_heater
repeater	10	26	1544	2	re_peater
retracer	10	14	1188	2	retr_acer
retreaded	11	3	706	2	retreaded
retreat	7	3	1753	2	retreat__
retreats	8	3	1141	2	retreat_s
treater	7	42	1983	2	__treater

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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.673	33061.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.062	43990.9