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

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

20 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
distrain	9	4	1224	(None)
distain	8	3	1378	1	dist_ain
distrains	10	4	1133	1	distrains
distraint	10	11	1290	1	distraint
distrait	9	4	1434	1	distrait
mistrain	10	3	1194	1	mistrain
destain	8	4	1208	2	dest_ain
detrain	8	4	1225	2	d_etrain
disdain	9	3	851	2	dis_dain
distains	9	4	1360	2	dist_ains
distract	11	3	1302	2	distract
distrained	12	5	767	2	distrained
distrainer	11	4	643	2	distrainer
distrainor	11	6	339	2	distrainor
distraints	11	6	687	2	distraints
distraite	10	6	1148	2	distraite
mistrains	11	5	1135	2	mistrains
restrain	8	3	1170	2	restrain
strain	6	49	1957	2	__strain
vitrain	10	3	894	2	vi_train

Search took 4 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.690	32807.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.846	46461.5