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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ropers” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

17 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
ropers	8	43	2590	(None)
copers	10	46	2984	1	copers
dopers	9	55	2248	1	dopers
gropers	10	48	1385	1	gropers
hopers	11	42	2297	1	hopers
lopers	8	44	2414	1	lopers
mopers	10	42	2037	1	mopers
propers	11	36	1903	1	propers
rapers	8	43	2718	1	rapers
rogers	7	45	1791	1	rogers
rompers	11	34	1224	1	rompers
roper	7	54	3191	1	roper_
ropery	11	43	1387	1	ropery
ropes	7	59	4006	1	rope_s
rovers	9	54	2352	1	rovers
rowers	9	49	2457	1	rowers
topers	8	50	2532	1	topers

Search took 3 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	48755	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	17	2.206	22101.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.372	75333.5