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

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

25 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
seraphs	12	40	809	(None)
serapes	9	52	1810	1	serapes
seraph	11	40	1116	1	seraph_
ceriphs	14	8	475	2	ceriphs
gerahs	10	3	941	2	gera_hs
graphs	12	45	1015	2	_graphs
paraphs	14	3	931	2	paraphs
sarapes	9	46	1774	2	sarapes
scarphs	14	43	741	2	scarphs
scrapes	11	62	1766	2	scrapes
scraps	10	60	1724	2	scrap_s
selahs	9	3	1321	2	sela_hs
seracs	8	44	1857	2	sera_cs
serails	7	33	1836	2	serails
serais	6	43	2613	2	sera_is
serape	8	48	1841	2	serap_e
seraphic	15	4	663	2	seraphic
seraphim	15	4	480	2	seraphim
seraphims	16	4	404	2	seraphims
seraphin	13	4	595	2	seraphin
staphs	11	44	1103	2	s_taphs
straps	8	77	2178	2	strap_s
straths	10	27	1172	2	straths
surahs	9	45	1554	2	sura_hs
teraph	11	31	909	2	teraph_

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.110	34620.9
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.499	51069.2