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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “excels” 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
excels	15	3	666	(None)
excel	14	3	774	1	excel_
excess	15	4	605	1	excess
expels	15	4	717	1	expels
axels	12	63	1363	2	ax_els
cels	6	55	3497	2	__cels
easels	6	59	1455	2	easels
eels	4	65	3674	2	e__els
emcees	10	3	781	2	emcees
exceed	16	3	617	2	exceed
exceeds	17	3	384	2	exceeds
except	17	9	765	2	except
excepts	18	8	520	2	excepts
execs	14	53	972	2	ex_ecs
exes	11	65	3081	2	ex_e_s
exiles	13	48	1640	2	exiles
expel	14	4	823	2	expel_
extols	13	3	768	2	extols
pencels	11	36	1005	2	pencels
tercels	9	41	1036	2	tercels

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.826	63231.1