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

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

24 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
empress	11	3	816	(None)
express	16	3	749	1	express
impress	11	3	777	1	impress
compress	14	3	905	2	compress
cypress	14	3	465	2	cypress
depress	10	23	987	2	depress
egress	7	33	1043	2	e_gress
eldress	8	3	500	2	eldress
empires	11	3	985	2	empire_s
empresses	13	4	816	2	empresses
emprise	11	3	1072	2	emprise
emprises	12	3	1100	2	emprises
espresso	10	4	319	2	espresso
expresso	17	4	388	2	expresso
impresa	11	3	475	2	impresa
impresas	12	4	445	2	impresas
imprese	11	3	814	2	imprese
impreses	12	3	809	2	impreses
imprest	11	3	1020	2	imprest
imprests	12	4	631	2	imprests
oppress	11	3	599	2	oppress
press	7	54	2595	2	__press
repress	9	27	1268	2	repress
temptress	13	4	313	2	temptress

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.283	32796.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.702	48268.8