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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “elvish” 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
elvish	12	7	756	(None)
elfish	12	6	796	1	elfish
bluish	11	5	924	2	bluish
delish	10	52	1561	2	del_ish
dervish	14	3	698	2	dervish
dovish	13	3	810	2	dovish
elves	8	51	1874	2	elves_
elvishly	17	4	331	2	elvishly
fluish	12	3	933	2	fluish
hellish	13	3	1072	2	hellish
lavish	12	41	1298	2	lavish
levis	8	58	1855	2	levis_
oldish	10	16	931	2	oldish
peevish	15	3	578	2	peevish
pelvis	11	36	1032	2	pelvis_
ravish	12	34	1403	2	ravish
relish	9	39	1695	2	rel_ish
selfish	13	8	851	2	selfish
slavish	13	3	823	2	slavish

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.186	37763.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.545	70212.6