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

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

25 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
perkish	16	25	882	(None)
peakish	16	26	887	1	peakish
peckish	18	22	729	1	peckish
perish	11	46	1906	1	per_ish
clerkish	17	4	426	2	clerkish
darkish	15	3	794	2	darkish
dervish	14	3	698	2	dervish
larkish	14	3	908	2	larkish
nerdish	11	3	710	2	nerdish
parish	11	50	2235	2	par_ish
peevish	15	3	578	2	peevish
peris	7	55	3707	2	per_is_
perkier	13	38	1312	2	perkier
perkiest	14	33	1324	2	perkiest
perkily	16	3	781	2	perkily
perking	14	37	1646	2	perking
perks	11	53	2580	2	perk_s_
persist	9	3	1585	2	persist
pettish	12	3	828	2	pettish
pinkish	16	27	911	2	pinkish
puckish	18	23	721	2	puckish
punkish	16	25	769	2	punkish
serfish	13	4	897	2	serfish
sparkish	17	27	697	2	sparkish
weakish	17	21	717	2	weakish

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.093	34811.2
3	Display Results	25	25	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.469	51510.8