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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “exarchs” 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
exarchs	19	16	519	(None)
eparchs	14	19	624	1	eparchs
exarch	18	19	617	1	exarch_
exarchy	22	19	369	1	exarchy
anarchs	12	3	709	2	anarchs
earths	9	50	1459	2	e_arths
eparch	13	25	842	2	eparch_
eparchy	17	20	475	2	eparchy
exacts	15	35	961	2	exa_cts
exarchal	20	4	372	2	exarchal
exarchies	21	4	521	2	exarchies
hexarchy	26	4	287	2	hexarchy

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	12	3.143	34257.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.516	50822.2