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

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

15 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
prefacers	16	3	629	(None)
prefacer	15	3	798	1	prefacer_
prefaces	15	3	1106	1	preface_s
defacers	14	23	799	2	_defacers
preachers	16	33	957	2	pre_achers
preavers	13	9	1026	2	pre_avers
precancers	16	4	525	2	precancers
preface	14	5	1092	2	preface__
prefaced	16	3	842	2	preface_d
prefades	14	3	953	2	prefade_s
prefers	12	37	1333	2	pref__ers
preparers	13	19	767	2	preparers
presagers	12	3	694	2	presagers
profaners	14	25	621	2	profaners
refaces	12	32	1674	2	_reface_s

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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.546	34245.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.922	45561.2