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

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

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72 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
retractor	11	21	851	(None)
detractor	12	14	721	1	detractor
refractor	14	15	632	1	refractor
retractors	12	15	858	1	retractors
attractor	11	4	582	2	attractor
detractors	13	14	729	2	detractors
extractor	18	4	672	2	extractor
protractor	14	4	626	2	protractor
reactor	9	30	1166	2	re__actor
redactor	11	4	703	2	re_dactor
reenactor	11	8	435	2	reenactor
refractors	15	15	627	2	refractors
refractory	18	13	477	2	refractory
retracer	10	14	1188	2	retrac_er
retract	9	13	1811	2	retract__
retracted	12	4	1095	2	retracted
retraction	12	13	1053	2	retraction
retracts	10	11	1131	2	retract_s
tractor	9	3	1134	2	__tractor
abstractor	14	4	438	3	abstractor
aerator	7	3	1484	3	ae_ra_tor
attracter	11	4	609	3	attracter
attractors	12	4	584	3	attractors
contractor	14	4	907	3	contractor
detector	11	27	832	3	det_ector
detract	10	14	1463	3	detract__
detracted	13	5	779	3	detracted
detraction	13	13	858	3	detraction
detracts	11	13	883	3	detract_s
enactor	9	3	804	3	_e_nactor
erector	9	35	1381	3	_e_rector
exactor	16	3	663	3	_e_xactor
extractors	19	4	642	3	extractors
infractor	14	6	594	3	infractor
nitrator	8	4	955	3	nitra_tor
protractors	15	4	662	3	protractors
reactors	10	32	1229	3	re__actors
realtor	7	36	1135	3	re__altor
rector	8	40	1975	3	re___ctor
redactors	12	4	754	3	re_dactors
reductor	11	5	643	3	re_ductor
reenactors	12	9	438	3	reenactors
reflector	14	4	573	3	reflector
refract	12	13	1160	3	refract__
refracted	15	5	739	3	refracted
refraction	15	13	790	3	refraction
refracts	13	13	738	3	refract_s
rejector	17	23	772	3	re_jector
relator	7	40	1637	3	re_la_tor
retailor	8	28	522	3	ret_ailor
retrace	9	14	1734	3	retrac__e
retraced	11	14	1302	3	retrac_ed
retracers	11	14	955	3	retracers
retraces	10	14	1727	3	retrac_es
retracing	12	3	1329	3	retracing
retrack	13	13	1072	3	retrac__k
retracked	16	5	745	3	retracked
retracks	14	14	910	3	retrac_ks
retractile	12	4	625	3	retractile
retracting	13	3	1193	3	retracting
retractions	13	9	1035	3	retractions
retreater	9	3	1020	3	retreater
retroact	10	4	1000	3	retroact__
retroacted	13	6	613	3	retroacted
retroaction	13	4	736	3	retroaction
retroacts	11	4	628	3	retroact_s
rotator	7	3	1083	3	rot_a_tor
tetrachord	16	5	338	3	tetrachord
titrator	8	5	854	3	titra_tor
tractors	10	3	1257	3	__tractors
traitor	7	3	1012	3	__traitor
varactor	13	4	570	3	_varactor

Search took 8 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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	72	7.500	19818.8
3	Display Results	72	72	0.033	2181.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	7.939	22508.0