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

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

18 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
spurtles	10	3	778	(None)
spurtle	9	3	745	1	spurtle_
hurtles	10	39	1375	2	_hurtles
purfles	12	25	1184	2	_purfles
purples	11	27	1283	2	_purples
scuttles	10	5	650	2	scuttles
shuttles	11	3	655	2	shuttles
sparkles	14	32	1049	2	sparkles
spittles	10	3	833	2	spittles
sporules	10	3	770	2	sporules
spurges	10	41	1165	2	spur_ges
spurries	10	23	1132	2	spurries
spurted	10	31	1197	2	spurt_ed
spurter	9	40	1300	2	spurt_er
spurters	10	33	1170	2	spurters
spurts	8	48	1497	2	spurt__s
startles	8	21	1196	2	startles
turtles	7	29	1434	2	_turtles

Search took 5 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	121059	0.486	367677.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.873	31257.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.375	40843.7