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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “twelves” 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
twelves	13	3	430	(None)
twelve	12	3	416	1	twelve_
delves	10	49	1708	2	_delves
elves	8	51	1874	2	__elves
helves	12	43	1606	2	_helves
pelves	11	45	1466	2	_pelves
selves	9	41	1961	2	_selves
shelves	13	41	1209	2	shelves
swerves	13	7	753	2	swerves
teles	5	45	3600	2	t_el_es
tweezes	19	34	570	2	tweezes
twelvemo	16	4	93	2	twelvemo
twelvemos	17	5	72	2	twelvemos
weaves	12	36	1637	2	_weaves
wolves	12	45	1085	2	_wolves

Search took 6 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	5.063	21266.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.219	34238.6