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

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

14 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
geckoes	14	32	579	(None)
geckos	13	45	743	1	gecko_s
beckons	15	27	914	2	beckons
buckoes	15	38	1039	2	buckoes
deckles	14	33	1280	2	deckles
echoes	11	47	1552	2	_echoes
gecked	14	69	1193	2	geck_ed
gecko	12	45	1111	2	gecko__
gecks	12	51	1709	2	geck__s
gessoes	8	3	829	2	gessoes
heckles	16	37	1138	2	heckles
keckles	12	31	876	2	keckles
pekoes	12	44	1042	2	pe_koes
reckons	13	26	965	2	reckons

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.670	29338.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.810	46900.5