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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

17 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
efs	6	68	2960	(None)
eds	4	66	3892	1	eds
ef	5	73	4536	1	ef_
eff	9	61	2862	1	eff
effs	10	51	1403	1	effs
eft	6	60	3882	1	eft
efts	7	65	1948	1	efts
els	3	76	4572	1	els
ems	5	64	3549	1	ems
ens	3	72	4592	1	ens
ers	3	60	4628	1	ers
es	2	90	4822	1	e_s
ess	3	60	3088	1	ess
fes	6	65	5167	1	fes
ifs	6	71	2424	1	ifs
kefs	11	59	2274	1	kefs
refs	7	57	3224	1	refs

Search took 2 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	5146	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	17	0.186	27666.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	0.702	254545.6