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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “contract” 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
contract	12	29	1563	(None)
contact	11	440	2068	1	cont_act
contracts	13	22	1201	1	contracts
contrast	10	26	1478	1	contrast
coatrack	16	4	585	2	coatrack
constrict	13	7	1162	2	constrict
construct	13	5	871	2	construct
contacts	12	32	1521	2	cont_acts
contra	8	33	1470	2	contra__
contracted	15	4	982	2	contracted
contractor	14	4	907	2	contractor
contradict	15	5	678	2	contradict
contrail	10	4	1098	2	contrail
contralti	11	4	774	2	contralti
contralto	11	4	709	2	contralto
contrary	13	4	749	2	contrary
contras	9	30	1562	2	contra_s
contrasts	11	22	1104	2	contrasts
contrasty	14	21	719	2	contrasty
counteract	14	4	960	2	counteract

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.139	43172.5