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

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

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58 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
contractor	14	4	907	(None)
contactor	13	4	843	1	cont_actor
contractors	15	4	916	1	contractors
constrictor	15	9	612	2	constrictor
constructor	15	7	652	2	constructor
contactors	14	4	884	2	cont_actors
contract	12	29	1563	2	contract__
contracted	15	4	982	2	contracted
contraction	15	4	1124	2	contraction
contracts	13	22	1201	2	contract_s
contracture	15	7	662	2	contracture
contradictor	17	8	382	2	contradictor
contralto	11	4	709	2	contralto_
contraltos	12	4	676	2	contraltos
abstractor	14	4	438	3	abstractor
attractor	11	4	582	3	_attractor
castrator	11	4	764	3	castra_tor
coactor	11	3	912	3	co___actor
cocurator	13	4	757	3	cocura_tor
codirector	15	5	327	3	codirector
cofactor	15	4	575	3	co__factor
compactor	17	25	602	3	co_mpactor
concoctor	12	4	632	3	con_coctor
conductor	14	4	721	3	con_ductor
connector	13	4	792	3	con_nector
constrictors	16	7	601	3	constrictors
constructors	16	7	647	3	constructors
contact	11	440	2068	3	cont_act__
contacted	14	13	909	3	cont_acted
contactee	13	14	931	3	cont_actee
contacts	12	32	1521	3	cont_act_s
contractile	15	4	735	3	contractile
contracting	16	6	1047	3	contracting
contractions	16	4	1040	3	contractions
contractive	18	4	952	3	contractive
contractual	15	5	504	3	contractual
contractures	16	7	604	3	contractures
contradictors	18	8	363	3	contradictors
contradictory	21	9	317	3	contradictory
contralti	11	4	774	3	contralt_i
contraption	15	4	810	3	contraption
contrast	10	26	1478	3	contrast__
contrasted	13	4	857	3	contrasted
contrasts	11	22	1104	3	contrast_s
contrasty	14	21	719	3	contrast_y
contributor	15	15	396	3	contributor
convector	16	4	808	3	con_vector
corrector	13	4	760	3	co_rrector
detractor	12	14	721	3	_detractor
extractor	18	4	672	3	_extractor
infractor	14	6	594	3	_infractor
nonactor	10	4	777	3	non__actor
nonfactor	14	4	527	3	non_factor
nonreactor	12	5	403	3	nonreactor
protractor	14	4	626	3	protractor
retractor	11	21	851	3	_retractor
subcontractor	19	6	201	3	~~sub~~contractor
tractor	9	3	1133	3	___tractor

Search took 9 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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	58	7.876	17852.1
3	Display Results	58	58	0.030	1933.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	58	8.342	21420.6