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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “dwarves” 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
dwarves	14	3	446	(None)
carves	11	51	2845	2	_carves
dares	6	61	4670	2	d_ar_es
dearies	8	35	2627	2	dearies
deaves	10	53	1953	2	dea_ves
diaries	8	33	2195	2	diaries
dwarfed	15	3	348	2	dwarfed
dwarfer	14	3	368	2	dwarfer
dwarfest	15	4	347	2	dwarfest
dwarfs	13	43	627	2	dwar_fs
scarves	12	45	1162	2	scarves
starves	10	46	1455	2	starves
swerves	13	7	753	2	swerves
varves	12	44	1478	2	_varves
waives	12	37	1418	2	_waives
wares	8	82	5058	2	_war_es
waves	11	56	3392	2	_wa_ves
wharves	16	45	713	2	wharves

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.046	35348.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.435	52020.7