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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pledget” 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
pledget	11	35	1065	(None)
pledge	10	46	949	1	pledge_
pledged	12	35	863	1	pledged
pledgee	11	35	963	1	pledgee
pledger	11	35	917	1	pledger
pledges	11	38	1158	1	pledges
pledgets	12	36	567	1	pledgets
fledge	11	43	931	2	fledge_
fledged	13	41	786	2	fledged
fledges	12	40	939	2	fledges
ledge	7	65	1949	2	_ledge_
ledger	8	59	1439	2	_ledger
ledges	8	49	1801	2	_ledges
pledgees	12	37	628	2	pledgees
pledgeor	12	30	346	2	pledgeor
pledgers	12	38	764	2	pledgers
pledgor	11	33	499	2	pledgor
sledge	8	50	1130	2	sledge_
sledged	10	36	1033	2	sledged
sledges	9	45	1157	2	sledges

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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.668	48716.2