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

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

25 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
expat	14	3	1381	(None)
expats	15	3	768	1	expats
eat	3	69	8905	2	e__at
eclat	7	5	2360	2	eclat
epact	9	49	2153	2	e_pact
exact	14	35	1693	2	exact
exalt	12	30	1853	2	exalt
exam	13	25	1462	2	ex_am
exert	12	46	2414	2	exert
exist	12	46	1894	2	exist
exit	11	44	2867	2	ex_it
expand	16	23	657	2	expand
expect	17	5	890	2	expect
expel	14	4	823	2	expel
expert	15	5	1535	2	expert
expiate	16	9	1059	2	expiate
explant	16	3	1013	2	explant
expo	13	4	918	2	exp_o
export	15	4	1218	2	export
expos	14	4	920	2	expos
extant	13	27	1475	2	extant
exult	12	28	1412	2	exult
pat	5	80	8946	2	__pat
sexpot	15	3	954	2	sexpot
spat	6	65	4852	2	_spat

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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	25	1.686	31909.8
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	1.795	99549.3