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

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

18 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
appealed	13	3	560	(None)
appealer	12	4	574	1	appealer
appeared	13	3	614	1	appeared
appeased	13	3	579	1	appeased
annealed	9	3	634	2	annealed
appalled	13	4	481	2	appalled
appeal	10	39	1161	2	appeal__
appealers	13	4	506	2	appealers
appeals	11	37	867	2	appeal_s
appease	11	3	791	2	appease_
appeaser	12	4	595	2	appeaser
appeases	12	3	866	2	appeases
appellee	12	4	625	2	appellee
appended	14	3	548	2	appended
pealed	9	53	2281	2	__pealed
rappeled	13	3	500	2	rappe_led
rappelled	14	4	370	2	rappelled
repealed	11	32	1187	2	repealed

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.406	35542.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.812	46875.9