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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “expel” 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
expel	14	4	823	(None)
excel	14	3	774	1	excel
expels	15	4	717	1	expels
appel	9	46	1589	2	appel
axel	11	52	2207	2	ax_el
cupel	9	5	1430	2	cupel
easel	5	45	2111	2	easel
eel	3	79	4684	2	e__el
epee	6	46	2850	2	e_pee
excels	15	3	666	2	excels
exec	13	53	1394	2	ex_ec
exed	12	54	2059	2	ex_ed
exes	11	65	3081	2	ex_es
exile	12	61	1765	2	exile
expat	14	3	1381	2	expat
expect	17	5	890	2	expect
expend	16	24	750	2	expend
expert	15	5	1535	2	expert
expo	13	4	918	2	exp_o
expos	14	4	920	2	expos
extol	12	4	789	2	extol
impel	9	57	1176	2	impel
lapel	7	37	1668	2	lapel
reexpel	16	4	318	2	reexpel
repel	7	49	2140	2	repel

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	53800	0.263	679433.5
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	25	3.343	16093.3
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.622	49334.9