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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “publics” 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
publics	13	20	714	(None)
public	12	23	814	1	public_
cubics	12	38	1016	2	cub_ics
pubic	11	45	1372	2	pub_ic_
pubis	9	46	1647	2	pub_i_s
publican	14	4	454	2	publican
publicans	15	4	411	2	publicans
publicise	15	4	422	2	publicise
publicist	15	4	503	2	publicist
publicly	17	4	331	2	publicly
publish	14	4	791	2	publish
pulis	7	42	2560	2	pu_li_s
purlins	9	34	1542	2	purlins
republics	15	4	278	2	republics
rubrics	11	7	709	2	rubrics

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.046	35348.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.435	52020.7