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

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

24 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
lectern	9	3	703	(None)
lecterns	10	3	594	1	lecterns
decern	9	13	1095	2	dec_ern
extern	13	4	847	2	_extern
lactean	9	5	647	2	lactean
lantern	7	3	1001	2	lantern
leathern	11	39	891	2	leathern
lecher	11	34	1585	2	lecher_
lechers	12	33	1396	2	lechers
lechery	15	25	764	2	lechery
lectin	8	25	1501	2	lect_in
lection	9	26	1486	2	lection
lector	8	35	1498	2	lector_
lectors	9	34	1576	2	lectors
lecture	9	14	951	2	lecture
lefter	9	36	1343	2	lefter_
lenten	6	3	1288	2	lente_n
letter	6	37	2258	2	letter_
letters	7	38	1985	2	letters
lucern	8	4	610	2	luc_ern
pecten	10	27	1110	2	pecte_n
secern	8	10	1022	2	sec_ern
western	10	29	1109	2	western
yestern	10	33	863	2	yestern

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.562	50165.9