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

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

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.

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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
abstracts	13	4	659	(None)
abstract	12	4	922	1	abstract_
abstricts	13	5	518	1	abstricts
abstracted	15	4	484	2	abstracted
abstracter	14	4	469	2	abstracter
abstracters	15	4	410	2	abstracters
abstractest	15	5	362	2	abstractest
abstractly	17	12	339	2	abstractly
abstractor	14	4	438	2	abstractor
abstractors	15	5	441	2	abstractors
abstrict	12	5	794	2	abstrict_
astricts	10	4	946	2	a_stricts
attracts	10	4	779	2	a_ttracts
distracts	12	4	928	2	distracts
obstructs	13	4	457	2	obstructs

Search took 4 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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.140	38673.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.546	50392.3