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

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

25 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
fleury	12	41	735	(None)
floury	12	44	957	1	floury
bleary	11	51	1255	2	bleary
faery	11	60	1548	2	fae_ry
ferry	11	60	2080	2	f_erry
fiery	11	47	1479	2	fie_ry
flecky	18	38	765	2	flecky
fledgy	14	41	491	2	fledgy
fleecy	14	26	648	2	fleecy
fleer	8	60	2077	2	fleer_
fleers	9	60	1579	2	fleers
fleshy	15	40	628	2	fleshy
fleuron	10	5	557	2	fleuron
flexure	17	4	341	2	flexure
fley	10	66	2685	2	fle__y
flour	8	49	1645	2	flour_
flours	9	44	1405	2	flours
fluky	15	45	1229	2	fl_uky
flurry	12	39	711	2	flurry
fluty	11	44	1564	2	fl_uty
fury	10	77	2797	2	f__ury
leary	8	59	2738	2	_leary
leery	8	59	1913	2	_leery
loury	8	57	1675	2	_loury
pleura	8	3	753	2	pleura

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.173	37989.4
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	2.529	70656.8