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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “rethink” 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
rethink	14	8	888	(None)
bethink	16	7	720	1	bethink
rethinks	15	7	603	1	rethinks
bethank	16	6	627	2	bethank
bethinks	17	6	504	2	bethinks
methinks	17	7	519	2	methinks
ratfink	14	3	494	2	ratfink
reink	9	55	1809	2	re__ink
relink	10	44	1592	2	re_link
reshine	10	28	1694	2	reshine
retain	6	45	2328	2	retain_
retains	7	45	2225	2	retains
retching	14	34	1217	2	retching
rethinker	16	4	361	2	rethinker
retina	6	50	2338	2	ret_ina
retine	6	62	3733	2	ret_ine
retint	6	56	3344	2	ret_int
retsina	7	47	1060	2	retsina
retting	8	34	2588	2	retting
retying	11	32	1383	2	retying
think	12	50	1879	2	__think
unthink	14	5	700	2	unthink

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	107671	0.263	679433.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	4.016	26810.5
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.295	41604.4