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

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

19 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
proteans	10	28	1154	(None)
protean	9	24	1219	1	protean_
proteas	9	20	1512	1	protea_s
proteins	10	21	1428	1	proteins
poteens	9	29	1088	2	p_oteens
preteens	10	3	812	2	preteens
prolans	9	3	1427	2	pro_lans
protea	8	22	1476	2	protea__
protease	10	20	989	2	protease
proteases	11	21	1083	2	proteases
protects	12	3	974	2	protects
proteges	11	4	992	2	proteges
proteids	11	25	995	2	proteids
protein	9	24	1473	2	protein_
protend	10	40	1279	2	prote_nd
protends	11	30	1035	2	protends
protests	10	3	1049	2	protests
proteus	9	25	1159	2	prote_us
protons	9	31	1800	2	prot_ons

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.936	30756.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.342	41154.1