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

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

14 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
preterit	10	3	1584	(None)
preterite	11	6	1320	1	preterite
preterits	11	4	1096	1	preterits
pretermit	13	4	713	1	pretermit
preedit	10	5	1246	2	pre_edit
preterites	12	4	1179	2	preterites
preterm	11	3	1016	2	preter_m
pretermits	14	4	503	2	pretermits
preterms	12	3	722	2	preterms
pretest	9	5	1763	2	prete_st
pretext	16	3	966	2	prete_xt
pretreat	10	3	1192	2	pretreat
pretrim	11	3	1078	2	pret_rim
ureteric	10	4	623	2	ureteric

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	14	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.126	43308.5