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

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

17 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
transfers	12	3	805	(None)
transfer	11	3	843	1	transfer_
cotransfers	16	7	264	2	cotransfers
retransfers	14	5	261	2	retransfers
transfect	14	4	673	2	transfect
transfects	15	4	572	2	transfects
transferal	13	5	570	2	transferal
transferals	14	5	521	2	transferals
transferase	14	5	545	2	transferase
transferee	13	4	725	2	transferee
transferees	14	5	607	2	transferees
transferor	13	9	452	2	transferor
transferors	14	8	449	2	transferors
transform	14	4	619	2	transform
transforms	15	4	583	2	transforms
transverse	13	4	590	2	transverse
trashers	11	30	1364	2	tra_shers

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	121436	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.623	33518.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.795	47085.9