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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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23 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
tetrad	7	36	1205	(None)
tetra	5	34	1795	1	tetra_
tetrads	8	29	1019	1	tetrads
tetras	6	30	1762	1	tetras
betray	11	15	1144	2	betray
metred	9	53	1514	2	metred
petard	9	50	1380	2	petard
retard	7	50	1893	2	retard
retral	6	44	1974	2	retral
retread	8	4	900	2	retread
teared	7	57	2215	2	teared
terai	5	35	2548	2	te_rai
terra	5	44	1966	2	terra_
terrae	6	29	1521	2	terrae
terras	6	35	1697	2	terras
tetracid	11	4	726	2	tetracid
tetradic	11	4	581	2	tetradic
tetrapod	11	4	512	2	tetrapod
tetri	5	27	1645	2	tetr_i
tetris	6	28	1629	2	tetris
tetrode	8	3	934	2	tetrode
tetryl	9	3	569	2	tetryl
trad	5	56	3091	2	__trad

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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.546	32423.8
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.889	61852.2