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

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

19 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
vortex	16	3	592	(None)
cortex	15	3	1147	1	cortex
vertex	16	3	737	1	vertex
forte	8	61	3146	2	forte_
fortes	9	53	2718	2	fortes
ported	9	42	2324	2	ported
porter	8	42	2441	2	porter
sorted	7	45	2371	2	sorted
sorter	6	44	2509	2	sorter
torte	5	54	3170	2	torte_
torten	6	53	1435	2	torten
tortes	6	48	2605	2	tortes
volte	8	53	2130	2	volte_
voltes	9	49	1558	2	voltes
vortexes	18	11	405	2	vortexes
vote	7	47	2862	2	vo_te_
voted	9	39	1914	2	vo_ted
voter	8	51	2105	2	vo_ter
votes	8	46	2708	2	vo_tes

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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	3.940	20952.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.313	41430.8