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

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

14 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
courtesy	13	6	497	(None)
curtesy	12	6	583	1	c_urtesy
countess	10	37	1005	2	countess
courses	9	42	1889	2	courses_
courted	10	35	1492	2	courte_d
courter	9	45	1648	2	courte_r
courters	10	30	1537	2	courters
courtesan	11	4	417	2	courtesan
courtly	12	5	692	2	court_ly
courts	8	42	1617	2	court_s_
curtest	9	7	1396	2	c_urtest
curtsey	12	5	501	2	c_urtsey
curtsy	11	5	664	2	c_urt_sy
cutesy	11	48	1073	2	c_u_tesy

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	14	3.546	34139.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.952	45215.3