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

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

18 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
punisher	13	3	577	(None)
punished	14	3	604	1	punished
punishers	14	3	497	1	punishers
punishes	13	3	811	1	punishes
banisher	13	16	918	2	banisher
burnisher	14	4	482	2	burnisher
finisher	14	3	630	2	finisher
furnisher	15	4	452	2	furnisher
pisher	11	43	1775	2	p__isher
planisher	14	9	585	2	planisher
polisher	13	8	807	2	polisher
publisher	16	4	421	2	publisher
puncher	14	33	1167	2	pun_cher
punier	8	45	1922	2	puni__er
punish	11	14	1150	2	punish__
punster	9	29	1110	2	pun_ster
pusher	11	43	1828	2	pu__sher
vanisher	14	16	745	2	vanisher

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	4.186	28920.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.342	41154.1