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

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

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38 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
abstaining	13	4	457	(None)
attaining	10	4	721	2	a_ttaining
destaining	12	6	794	2	destaining
distaining	12	4	890	2	distaining
obtaining	12	3	677	2	ob_taining
staining	9	4	1337	2	__staining
sustaining	11	4	588	2	sustaining
abscising	14	4	494	3	abs_cising
abseiling	12	6	534	3	abs_eiling
abstain	9	4	725	3	absta__in_
abstained	12	4	505	3	abstain_ed
abstainer	11	4	440	3	abstain_er
abstainers	12	4	345	3	abstainers
abstains	10	4	732	3	absta__ins
absterging	14	5	335	3	absterging
abstinent	11	4	592	3	abst_inent
abstracting	16	4	518	3	abstracting
abstricting	16	5	449	3	abstricting
assailing	10	3	602	3	a_ssailing
astringing	12	4	577	3	a_stringing
attainting	11	4	478	3	a_ttainting
bargaining	14	4	521	3	bargaining
braining	11	34	1468	3	_b_raining
captaining	15	4	606	3	captaining
containing	13	4	1092	3	containing
curtaining	13	4	553	3	curtaining
destining	11	3	1143	3	dest_ining
detaining	11	25	1047	3	_detaining
disdaining	13	4	599	3	disdaining
distraining	13	4	698	3	distraining
maintaining	14	5	357	3	maintaining
mistraining	14	4	650	3	mistraining
pertaining	13	4	799	3	pertaining
restraining	12	4	753	3	restraining
retaining	10	21	1473	3	_retaining
saining	8	36	2139	3	__s_aining
staning	8	39	2224	3	__sta_ning
straining	10	4	1056	3	__straining

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	140603	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	38	6.500	21631.2
3	Display Results	38	38	0.016	2375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	6.702	26662.3