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

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

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.

18 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
ritards	8	43	994	(None)
retards	8	50	1500	1	retards
ritard	7	48	1208	1	ritard_
briards	10	39	855	2	bri_ards
dotards	9	3	725	2	dotards
liards	7	52	1261	2	li_ards
lizards	17	42	761	2	lizards
petards	10	43	1115	2	petards
regards	9	41	1256	2	regards
retard	7	50	1893	2	retard_
rewards	11	48	1399	2	rewards
ribalds	10	23	667	2	ribalds
ribands	10	20	839	2	ribands
sitars	6	54	1759	2	sitar_s
unitards	9	4	562	2	unitards
visards	11	32	815	2	visards
vizards	20	37	726	2	vizards
wizards	20	32	640	2	wizards

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	4.596	23427.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.986	35838.5