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

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

12 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
spiegel	10	3	455	(None)
spiegels	11	3	387	1	spiegels
espiegle	11	4	260	2	espiegle
siege	6	67	1844	2	s_iege_
sieged	8	52	1271	2	s_ieged
sieges	7	38	1683	2	s_ieges
speel	7	44	2076	2	sp_e_el
spiel	7	46	2391	2	spi__el
spieled	10	48	1188	2	spieled
spieler	9	31	1123	2	spieler
spiered	10	44	1246	2	spiered
spinel	8	53	1733	2	spi_nel

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	12	3.170	33965.6
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.562	50165.9