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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “regrind” 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
regrind	9	3	898	(None)
regrinds	10	3	553	1	regrinds
grind	7	59	1756	2	__grind
rearing	8	31	2878	2	rearing
rebind	9	44	1693	2	re_bind
redried	9	37	1490	2	redried
refind	10	47	1707	2	re_find
refried	11	35	1388	2	refried
regain	7	45	1776	2	regain_
regained	10	21	1124	2	regained
regains	8	43	1658	2	regains
regild	8	14	977	2	reg_ild
regina	7	53	1714	2	reg_ina
regrant	8	3	1732	2	regrant
reground	10	4	507	2	reground
remind	9	48	1979	2	re_mind
reprint	9	3	1898	2	reprint
rescind	10	4	1039	2	rescind
retried	8	44	1916	2	retried
rewind	10	47	1588	2	re_wind

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.373	31921.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.765	47461.1