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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “explore” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

18 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
explore	16	4	661	(None)
explode	17	4	596	1	explode
explored	18	4	508	1	explored
explorer	17	4	471	1	explorer
explores	17	4	625	1	explores
deplore	10	3	948	2	deplore
employe	14	7	636	2	employe
expire	15	3	802	2	exp_ire
exploded	19	4	475	2	exploded
exploder	18	4	484	2	exploder
explodes	18	4	580	2	explodes
exploit	16	4	862	2	exploit
explorers	18	4	374	2	explorers
export	15	4	1218	2	exp_ort
expose	15	4	952	2	exp_ose
implore	11	17	670	2	implore
reexplore	18	4	305	2	reexplore
splore	8	16	1130	2	_splore

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.203	33615.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.579	49927.6