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

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

20 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
ferulas	10	31	1075	(None)
ferula	9	30	1117	1	ferula_
ferulae	10	30	960	1	ferulae
ferules	10	31	1272	1	ferules
cedulas	10	5	850	2	cedulas
fecula	11	33	1005	2	fecula_
feculae	12	33	920	2	feculae
fellas	9	51	1696	2	fe_llas
ferals	9	42	1664	2	feral_s
ferias	9	50	2039	2	fer_ias
ferrules	11	3	616	2	ferrules
ferule	9	34	1320	2	ferul_e
feruled	11	31	842	2	feruled
fibulas	12	22	856	2	fibulas
formulas	13	4	630	2	formulas
morulas	9	5	971	2	morulas
nebulas	9	5	758	2	nebulas
neurulas	8	4	483	2	neurulas
torulas	7	5	985	2	torulas
verglas	11	3	781	2	verglas

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	20	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.736	47829.5