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

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

22 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
attorn	6	3	1079	(None)
attorns	7	3	843	1	attorns
acorn	7	56	1662	2	a_corn
actor	7	11	1607	2	actor_
actors	8	10	1675	2	actors
adorn	6	49	1709	2	a_dorn
althorn	10	4	776	2	althorn
astern	6	48	1581	2	astern
attain	6	3	1175	2	attain
attar	5	65	1669	2	attar_
attars	6	45	1531	2	attars
attire	6	24	1238	2	attire
attorned	9	5	535	2	attorned
attorney	11	7	372	2	attorney
pattern	9	37	1205	2	pattern
ratton	6	41	1612	2	ratto_n
rattoon	7	35	924	2	rattoon
retorn	6	109	2342	2	retorn
thorn	8	53	1870	2	_thorn
torn	4	60	4425	2	__torn
untorn	6	30	1234	2	untorn
uptorn	8	26	809	2	uptorn

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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	4.643	17779.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.779	37390.9