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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “surfeit” 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
surfeit	10	3	1034	(None)
surfeits	11	4	622	1	surfeits
forfeit	13	3	920	2	forfeit
surest	6	50	2676	2	sur_est
surfed	10	38	1446	2	surfe_d
surfeited	13	4	459	2	surfeited
surfeiter	12	4	471	2	surfeiter
surfer	9	35	1588	2	surfe_r
surfers	10	36	1413	2	surfers
surfier	10	26	1354	2	surfier
surfiest	11	24	1443	2	surfiest
surveil	10	4	509	2	surveil

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	4.533	23752.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.922	36304.6