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

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

15 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
surfaces	13	3	867	(None)
surface	12	3	865	1	surface_
surfaced	14	3	606	1	surfaced
surfacer	13	4	566	1	surfacer
surfacers	14	4	432	1	surfacers
furnaces	13	3	605	2	furnaces
outfaces	13	23	1139	2	outfaces
resurfaces	15	4	301	2	resurfaces
serfages	12	3	823	2	serfages
subraces	12	3	1303	2	subraces
suffices	16	20	818	2	suffices
sulfates	11	3	1079	2	sulfates
surbases	10	3	1000	2	surbases
surnames	10	3	727	2	surnames
surtaxes	15	3	651	2	surtaxes

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	121059	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.576	33853.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.968	45033.0