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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “retroflection” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

11 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
retroflection	18	5	404	(None)
retroflections	19	5	387	1	retroflections
retroflexion	22	6	207	2	retrofle_xion
retroreflection	20	11	167	2	retroreflection
retrospection	17	8	431	2	retrospection
recollection	16	5	485	3	re_collection
reflection	15	16	899	3	re___flection
retroaction	13	4	736	3	retro__action
retrodiction	15	5	565	3	retro_diction
retroflexions	23	6	204	3	retrofle_xions
retrospections	18	9	417	3	retrospections

Search took 3 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	65874	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	11	2.373	27759.8
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	2.719	65719.4