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

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

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
spires	8	46	2811	(None)
aspires	9	6	1204	1	aspires
shires	9	52	2557	1	shires
sires	5	59	4537	1	s_ires
spares	8	48	3455	1	spares
spices	10	43	2603	1	spices
spiers	8	44	2174	1	spiers
spies	7	60	3762	1	spi_es
spikes	12	45	2071	1	spikes
spiles	8	42	2791	1	spiles
spines	8	51	3203	1	spines
spire	7	58	2869	1	spire_
spirea	8	40	1563	1	spirea
spireas	9	44	1251	1	spireas
spired	9	49	2186	1	spired
spirem	10	42	1416	1	spirem
spirems	11	49	956	1	spirems
spirts	8	53	1713	1	spirts
spites	8	41	2733	1	spites
spores	8	47	2661	1	spores

Search took 1 second 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	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	20	0.890	54780.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	0.970	184217.5