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

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

20 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
litmus	8	3	632	(None)
citrus	8	36	1092	2	citrus
lieus	5	62	1848	2	li_eus
limas	7	56	2763	2	li_mas
limbs	9	61	1894	2	li_mbs
limbus	10	57	1038	2	limbus
limes	7	56	3650	2	li_mes
limns	7	57	1839	2	li_mns
limos	7	53	2081	2	li_mos
limps	9	55	2267	2	li_mps
linums	8	3	828	2	linums
litas	5	49	2377	2	lit_as
liters	6	54	2988	2	liters
lithos	9	42	1255	2	lithos
litmuses	10	4	446	2	litmuses
litres	6	52	2039	2	litres
lits	4	62	5249	2	lit__s
litu	4	76	3156	2	lit_u_
lotus	5	57	1806	2	lot_us
situs	5	50	1923	2	sit_us

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.436	33887.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.546	70185.0