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

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

18 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
fernlike	15	3	524	(None)
barnlike	14	3	718	2	barnlike
beanlike	14	14	684	2	beanlike
fanlike	14	26	1050	2	f_anlike
faunlike	15	3	476	2	faunlike
fawnlike	18	4	414	2	fawnlike
feltlike	15	3	498	2	feltlike
ferlie	9	28	1405	2	fer_li_e
finlike	14	27	906	2	f_inlike
forklike	14	3	581	2	forklike
germlike	15	3	509	2	germlike
henlike	14	4	869	2	he_nlike
herblike	17	3	588	2	herblike
herdlike	16	3	611	2	herdlike
hornlike	15	3	650	2	hornlike
serflike	15	3	627	2	serflike
urnlike	11	3	671	2	_urnlike
veinlike	15	3	431	2	veinlike

Search took 5 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.766	32145.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.172	42831.0