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

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

15 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
expense	16	12	787	(None)
expanse	16	14	560	1	expanse
expensed	18	12	641	1	expensed
expenses	17	13	837	1	expenses
expanses	17	15	617	2	expanses
expels	15	4	717	2	expels_
expend	16	24	750	2	expen_d
expended	19	13	654	2	expended
expender	18	13	684	2	expender
expends	17	21	708	2	expends
expensive	21	4	584	2	expensive
expose	15	4	952	2	exp_ose
expulse	16	7	451	2	expulse
expunge	17	4	331	2	expunge
spense	8	39	1243	2	_spense

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	2.873	37476.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.265	54729.2