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

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

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
finisher	14	3	630	(None)
finished	15	3	648	1	finished
finishers	15	4	535	1	finishers
finishes	14	3	898	1	finishes
banisher	13	16	918	2	banisher
filister	11	3	740	2	filister
finfishes	18	4	604	2	finfishes
finises	10	3	1290	2	finis_es
finish	12	46	1341	2	finish__
fisher	12	49	1714	2	f__isher
furnisher	15	4	452	2	furnisher
minished	14	3	787	2	minished
minishes	13	3	1058	2	minishes
minister	10	4	1036	2	minister
punisher	13	3	577	2	punisher
refinisher	16	4	337	2	refinisher
sinister	8	3	858	2	sinister
vanisher	14	16	745	2	vanisher

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.233	37444.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.623	49321.3