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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “apprehends” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

12 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
apprehends	18	5	250	(None)
apprehend	17	4	310	1	apprehend_
apprehended	20	5	216	2	apprehended
reprehends	16	4	328	2	reprehends
apartheids	16	5	236	3	apartheids
appends	12	3	639	3	app___ends
apprehending	21	5	249	3	apprehending
comprehends	21	10	321	3	comprehends
misapprehends	23	7	130	3	~~mis~~apprehends
prebends	13	34	788	3	__prebends
pretends	11	29	911	3	__pretends
reprehend	15	8	407	3	reprehend_

Search took 8 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	140603	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	6.860	20496.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.000	25527.3