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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “intercourse” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

16 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
intercourse	13	5	501	(None)
intercourses	14	5	459	1	intercourses
intercouple	15	6	468	2	intercouple
watercourse	16	10	238	2	watercourse
interchurch	21	5	157	3	interchurch
intercoms	13	4	933	3	interco_ms_
intercounty	16	5	469	3	intercounty
intercuts	11	4	878	3	interc_uts_
interfuse	12	4	743	3	inter_fu_se
interiorise	11	4	809	3	interiorise
interiors	9	5	1356	3	interio_rs_
interpose	11	4	1046	3	interpo__se
intersperse	13	5	496	3	intersperse
introrse	8	4	604	3	int_r_o_rse
nonintercourse	16	7	91	3	~~non~~intercourse
watercourses	17	9	237	3	watercourses

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	5.390	22566.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.796	30830.1