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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “obstructive” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

18 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
obstructive	18	5	461	(None)
obstructives	19	5	391	1	obstructives
abstractive	18	5	489	2	abstractive
constructive	19	5	743	2	constructive
destructive	17	5	569	2	destructive
instructive	16	5	648	2	instructive
obstructing	16	4	457	2	obstructing
obstruction	15	13	554	2	obstruction
constrictive	19	5	662	3	constrictive
distractive	17	4	677	3	distractive
obstruct	12	4	603	3	obstruct___
obstructed	15	4	423	3	obstruct_ed
obstructions	16	15	551	3	obstructions
obstructor	14	5	375	3	obstruct_or
obstructors	15	6	400	3	obstructors
obstructs	13	4	457	3	obstruct__s
obtrusive	14	4	342	3	ob_tru_sive
restrictive	16	4	636	3	restrictive

Search took 7 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	121633	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	5.983	20329.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.139	29107.5