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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “improves” 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
improves	15	3	612	(None)
improve	14	3	596	1	improve_
improved	16	4	477	1	improved
improver	15	4	524	1	improver
improvers	16	4	504	1	improvers
improvs	14	3	500	1	improv_s
approves	15	12	683	2	approves
disproves	15	15	851	2	disproves
implodes	13	10	639	2	implodes
implores	12	12	704	2	implores
impones	11	27	1225	2	imp_ones
imposes	11	32	1368	2	imp_oses
impreses	12	3	809	2	impreses
improper	14	4	453	2	improper
improv	13	4	464	2	improv__
improvise	16	7	485	2	improvise
improvises	17	8	459	2	improvises
proves	11	43	2225	2	__proves
reproves	13	20	1147	2	reproves

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.050	39691.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.423	52203.0