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

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

12 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
chevret	15	33	1063	(None)
chevre	14	31	831	1	chevre_
chevres	15	37	979	1	chevres
chevrets	16	25	532	1	chevrets
cheered	13	37	1330	2	cheered
cheerer	12	35	1176	2	cheerer
chert	10	52	3210	2	che_r_t
chevalet	16	5	812	2	chevalet
chevied	16	35	748	2	chevied
chevies	15	35	1144	2	chevies
cheviot	15	4	693	2	cheviot
chevron	15	7	578	2	chevron

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	3.610	29825.8
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.983	44863.4