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

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

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
restrive	11	3	1092	(None)
restive	10	3	1593	1	rest_ive
restrike	12	3	967	1	restrike
restriven	12	4	623	1	restriven
restrives	12	3	1066	1	restrives
restrove	11	3	896	1	restrove
bestride	11	3	861	2	bestride
festive	13	3	977	2	fest_ive
prestrike	15	4	749	2	prestrike
redrive	11	24	1056	2	re_drive
reserve	10	10	1120	2	reser_ve
restrict	10	3	1363	2	restrict
restrikes	13	3	941	2	restrikes
restring	9	15	1878	2	restring
retrieve	11	7	569	2	re_trieve
strive	9	50	2096	2	__strive

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.890	31120.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.296	41594.7