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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “certify” 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.

19 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
certify	15	4	624	(None)
acetify	15	4	500	2	ace_tify
aerify	12	28	1011	2	aer_ify
beatify	15	3	659	2	beatify
carnify	15	5	588	2	carnify
citify	14	3	744	2	c_itify
cornify	15	3	625	2	cornify
decertify	18	4	346	2	decertify
fortify	16	3	652	2	fortify
metrify	15	3	562	2	metrify
mortify	15	3	622	2	mortify
petrify	15	3	657	2	petrify
recertify	17	4	364	2	recertify
rectify	15	3	645	2	rectify
terrify	13	3	635	2	terrify
testify	13	24	694	2	testify
verbify	18	3	499	2	verbify
verify	15	31	1016	2	ver_ify
versify	16	3	633	2	versify

Search took 4 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.516	50822.2