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

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

22 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
extend	14	26	752	(None)
expend	16	24	750	1	expend
extends	15	22	711	1	extends
extent	13	27	1491	1	extent
attend	7	25	897	2	attend
coextend	18	4	248	2	coextend
eaten	5	53	2305	2	eaten_
emend	8	62	1489	2	e_mend
exceed	16	3	617	2	exceed
exed	12	54	2059	2	ex_e_d
exited	14	47	1252	2	exite_d
expand	16	23	657	2	expand
expends	17	21	708	2	expends
extant	13	27	1475	2	extant
extended	17	13	583	2	extended
extender	16	14	633	2	extender
extents	14	26	1017	2	extents
extern	13	4	847	2	extern
externe	14	3	857	2	externe
externs	14	3	823	2	externs
intend	7	23	1037	2	intend
tend	5	64	3377	2	__tend

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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.749	65002.2