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

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

11 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
performs	15	4	748	(None)
perform	14	3	928	1	perform_
preforms	15	3	740	1	preforms
deforms	13	3	780	2	de_forms
paraforms	16	4	557	2	paraforms
perforce	15	4	496	2	perforce
performed	17	15	530	2	performed
performer	16	14	513	2	performer
performers	17	16	410	2	performers
preform	14	3	961	2	preform_
reforms	12	3	982	2	re_forms

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	11	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.953	45203.9