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

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

14 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
externes	15	3	983	(None)
externe	14	3	857	1	externe_
externs	14	3	823	1	extern_s
eateries	8	3	2431	2	eateries
eterne	6	3	1172	2	e_terne_
extends	15	22	711	2	exte_nds
extents	14	26	1017	2	exte_nts
extermines	19	4	778	2	extermines
extern	13	4	847	2	extern__
external	15	7	722	2	external
externals	16	6	662	2	externals
extremes	17	5	605	2	extremes
internes	8	27	2123	2	internes
ternes	6	54	2290	2	__ternes

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.203	37795.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.609	49512.6