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

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

22 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
syphers	15	31	727	(None)
cyphers	17	31	675	1	cyphers
sypher	14	31	708	1	sypher_
ciphers	14	37	999	2	ciphers
cypher	16	30	659	2	cypher_
gophers	13	3	898	2	gophers
gyppers	15	23	550	2	gyppers
hypers	14	48	1191	2	hyp_ers
hyphens	18	3	604	2	hyphens
sappers	11	35	1890	2	sappers
sighers	11	37	1218	2	sighers
sippers	11	31	1775	2	sippers
speers	8	50	1995	2	s_peers
sphere	11	33	1366	2	s_phere
spheres	12	31	1435	2	s_pheres
sphery	14	31	888	2	s_phery
spiers	8	44	2174	2	s_piers
supers	8	46	2240	2	sup_ers
suppers	11	33	1470	2	suppers
syphered	17	5	501	2	syphered
syphons	15	3	750	2	syphons
syphs	13	51	945	2	syph__s

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	2.780	38730.6
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.189	56033.6