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

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

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.

17 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
pearlashes	15	4	326	(None)
pearlash	13	4	413	2	pearlash__
calashes	13	3	1053	3	_ca_lashes
carwashes	17	4	577	3	_carwashes
earaches	13	4	1130	3	_ear_aches
eyelashes	15	4	285	3	_eyelashes
gearcases	12	5	469	3	gearcas_es
heartaches	18	4	404	3	heartaches
parfleshes	18	4	296	3	p_arfleshes
parishes	13	3	1475	3	p_ar_ishes
parlances	13	4	895	3	p_arlances
pearlites	11	3	823	3	pearl_ites
perishes	13	3	1375	3	pe_r_ishes
plashes	12	44	1739	3	p___lashes
spearfishes	19	5	316	3	spearfishes
teargases	10	4	480	3	teargas_es
teargasses	11	4	306	3	teargasses

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.360	22107.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.799	26282.0