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

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

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.

16 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
retention	9	16	1148	(None)
detention	10	16	954	1	detention
retentions	10	16	1111	1	retentions
attention	9	4	610	2	attention
detection	12	13	1041	2	detection
detentions	11	14	880	2	detentions
intention	9	4	1201	2	intention
pretension	12	4	753	2	pretension
prevention	15	4	917	2	prevention
recension	11	4	886	2	recension
reception	13	4	1032	2	reception
refection	14	15	1228	2	refection
rejection	18	17	1025	2	rejection
resection	11	16	1327	2	resection
retentive	12	4	985	2	retentive
retortion	9	4	967	2	retortion

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	121436	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.610	33638.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.983	44863.4