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

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

20 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
charlie	12	30	1192	(None)
challie	12	40	1285	1	challie
charlies	13	34	1423	1	charlies
carle	7	45	3570	2	c_arl_e
carlin	8	44	2182	2	c_arlin
carline	9	39	2361	2	c_arline
carnie	8	44	2109	2	c_arnie
chablis	14	36	856	2	chablis
chalice	14	3	1104	2	cha_lice
challies	13	39	1564	2	challies
challis	12	46	1346	2	challis
chappie	16	29	866	2	chappie
charade	13	12	991	2	charade
chare	10	52	3198	2	char__e
charge	12	51	1421	2	char_ge
charier	12	43	1790	2	char_ier
charily	15	3	1028	2	charily
charley	15	11	827	2	charley
charrier	13	7	868	2	charrier
sharpie	12	3	840	2	sharpie

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.406	31612.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.779	47285.3