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

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

23 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
preforms	15	3	740	(None)
performs	15	4	748	1	performs
preform	14	3	961	1	preform_
reforms	12	3	982	1	_reforms
deforms	13	3	780	2	_deforms
paraforms	16	4	556	2	paraforms
perform	14	3	928	2	perform_
pieforts	13	4	486	2	pieforts
prearms	11	36	917	2	pre_arms
prefers	12	37	1333	2	prefer_s
prefires	13	43	1328	2	prefires
prefocus	15	4	474	2	prefocus
preformat	16	4	636	2	preformat
preformats	17	4	441	2	preformats
preformed	17	17	620	2	preformed
preinforms	17	4	323	2	preinforms
presorts	10	53	1168	2	presorts
preterms	12	3	722	2	preterms
pretors	9	3	1681	2	pretor_s
prewarms	15	40	673	2	prewarms
preworks	17	59	901	2	preworks
proforma	15	4	543	2	proforma
reform	11	3	1271	2	_reform_

Search took 5 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	4.156	29128.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.545	39316.0