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

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

19 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
hereby	14	46	833	(None)
herby	13	47	1531	1	her_by
heresy	12	50	1123	1	heresy
thereby	15	3	463	1	thereby
whereby	18	4	291	1	whereby
derby	11	47	1534	2	der_by
foreby	14	3	863	2	foreby
herb	9	47	3096	2	her_b_
herbed	12	35	1345	2	herbed
herbs	10	55	2050	2	her_bs
here	7	64	4710	2	here__
hereat	9	35	2741	2	hereat
herein	9	37	1779	2	herein
hereof	12	32	1237	2	hereof
hereon	9	39	1436	2	hereon
heres	8	62	4590	2	here_s
hereto	9	3	1369	2	hereto
herry	11	49	2247	2	her_ry
merely	11	13	1259	2	merely

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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.310	35736.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	2.672	66875.4