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

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

15 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
retrospective	20	8	351	(None)
retrospectives	21	9	278	1	retrospectives
introspective	20	7	357	2	introspective
retrospecting	18	6	345	2	retrospecting
retrospection	17	8	431	2	retrospection
retrospectively	25	7	217	2	retrospectively
perspective	20	5	486	3	pe_r_spective
prospective	20	5	540	3	__prospective
respective	17	4	762	3	re___spective
retroactive	16	4	582	3	retro__active
retrodictive	18	5	387	3	retro_dictive
retrospect	14	6	383	3	retrospect___
retrospected	17	5	266	3	retrospect_ed
retrospections	18	9	417	3	retrospections
retrospects	15	6	290	3	retrospect__s

Search took 3 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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	15	2.673	24644.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.986	59842.9