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

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

20 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
several	10	3	953	(None)
severals	11	3	759	1	severals
deverbal	14	4	448	2	deverbal
federal	11	4	853	2	federal
general	8	10	1093	2	general
reveal	9	41	1505	2	reve_al
reversal	11	4	584	2	reversal
scleral	9	3	786	2	scleral
segetal	8	6	838	2	segetal
seral	5	63	3638	2	s__eral
sever	8	54	2605	2	sever__
severable	14	3	854	2	severable
severally	15	4	624	2	severally
severalty	15	4	407	2	severalty
severe	9	40	1608	2	sever_e
severed	11	35	1386	2	severed
severely	14	4	530	2	severely
severer	10	35	1156	2	severer
severs	9	41	2112	2	sever_s
spheral	12	3	842	2	spheral

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.123	34476.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.483	51303.8