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

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

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.

23 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
firs	7	66	3771	(None)
airs	4	64	4742	1	airs
fairs	8	58	2544	1	fairs
fiars	8	67	2083	1	fiars
fibs	9	63	2950	1	fibs
fids	8	70	3473	1	fids
figs	8	53	3264	1	figs
fils	7	58	3869	1	fils
fins	7	58	4909	1	fins
fir	6	67	4489	1	fir_
fire	7	62	4559	1	fire
fires	8	57	4075	1	fires
firm	9	60	2645	1	firm
firms	10	52	1742	1	firms
firn	7	69	2750	1	firn
firns	8	60	1854	1	firns
first	8	62	2612	1	first
fits	7	60	4346	1	fits
flirs	8	55	1893	1	flirs
furs	7	67	3504	1	furs
kirs	8	58	3173	1	kirs
mirs	6	69	4057	1	mirs
sirs	4	43	3833	1	sirs

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	13983	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	23	0.766	18254.6
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.919	194440.7