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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
retirees	8	46	1165	(None)
retiree	7	50	1908	1	retiree_
retirers	8	43	1153	1	retirers
retires	7	47	2621	1	retir_es
referees	11	13	1041	2	referees
refires	10	48	2031	2	refir_es
rehires	10	50	1611	2	rehir_es
reticles	10	39	1248	2	reticles
reties	6	54	3619	2	reti__es
retiles	7	44	2699	2	reti_les
retimes	9	50	2017	2	reti_mes
retinenes	9	4	1037	2	retinenes
retines	7	51	3467	2	reti_nes
retinues	8	51	1315	2	retinues
retire	6	49	2701	2	retir_e_
retired	8	46	2014	2	retir_ed
retirer	7	47	1501	2	retir_er
retitles	8	36	1259	2	retitles
retries	7	41	2907	2	ret_ries
retrieves	12	6	565	2	retrieves
returnees	9	39	611	2	returnees
rewires	10	47	1711	2	rewir_es

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.846	31476.6
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.236	42183.9