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

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

22 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
certifies	14	3	1032	(None)
certified	15	4	841	1	certified
certifier	14	4	735	1	certifier
certifiers	15	4	514	1	certifiers
acetifies	14	4	713	2	ace_tifies
aerifies	11	13	1339	2	aer_ifies
beatifies	14	5	928	2	beatifies
carnifies	14	3	989	2	carnifies
citifies	13	3	1068	2	c_itifies
cornifies	14	3	900	2	cornifies
decertifies	17	4	457	2	decertifies
fortifies	15	4	869	2	fortifies
metrifies	14	3	980	2	metrifies
mortifies	14	3	939	2	mortifies
petrifies	14	3	1036	2	petrifies
recertifies	16	4	470	2	recertifies
rectifies	14	3	1081	2	rectifies
terrifies	12	13	972	2	terrifies
testifies	12	13	926	2	testifies
verbifies	17	15	713	2	verbifies
verifies	14	13	1348	2	ver_ifies
versifies	15	15	933	2	versifies

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	22	3.593	33797.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.999	44683.9