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

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

13 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
emigre	9	3	705	(None)
emigres	10	3	767	1	emigres
bemire	10	33	1280	2	bemi_re
eagre	6	43	1532	2	e_agre
emerge	9	15	1046	2	emerge
emigrate	11	4	960	2	emigrate
emir	6	59	1870	2	emi_r_
emirs	7	61	1616	2	emi_rs
empire	10	3	932	2	empire
maigre	9	30	916	2	maigre
meagre	9	34	932	2	meagre
mire	6	67	4823	2	_mi_re
mitre	7	55	2242	2	_mitre

Search took 3 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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	13	2.203	37472.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	2.549	70102.4