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

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

14 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
retrograde	12	5	416	(None)
retrograded	14	5	310	1	retrograded
retrogrades	13	5	400	1	retrogrades
retrogradely	17	6	152	2	retrogradely
orthograde	15	5	265	3	orthograde
prograde	12	4	718	3	__prograde
regrade	9	26	1203	3	re___grade
reprogram	14	5	661	3	reprogra_m
reprogramed	17	6	376	3	reprogramed
reprograms	15	5	622	3	reprograms
retrocede	12	4	540	3	retro_cede
retrograding	15	5	341	3	retrograding
retrogress	11	4	342	3	retrogress
retrorse	8	3	762	3	retro_r_se

Search took 8 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	140603	0.640	279204.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.843	20547.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.499	23828.6