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

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

17 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
fractal	12	3	762	(None)
fractals	13	4	613	1	fractals
bracteal	12	4	556	2	bracteal
facial	11	36	1563	2	f_acial
factual	12	4	672	2	f_actual
fatal	8	48	1937	2	f_a_tal
fracas	11	3	1199	2	frac_as
fracted	13	3	937	2	fracted
fracti	11	3	996	2	fract_i
fractur	12	13	556	2	fractur
fractural	14	4	455	2	fractural
fractus	12	14	659	2	fractus
frontal	10	3	836	2	frontal
racial	8	34	1924	2	_racial
ratal	5	50	2511	2	_ra_tal
rectal	8	44	1813	2	_rectal
rictal	8	31	1318	2	_rictal

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	107671	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.232	55288.1