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

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

16 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
gerbil	9	3	834	(None)
gerbils	10	3	730	1	gerbils
derail	7	42	1881	2	derail
ervil	8	3	1030	2	_ervil
garboil	10	3	651	2	garboil
gentil	7	41	1512	2	gentil
gerbille	11	4	461	2	gerbille
grail	6	46	2287	2	g_rail
herbal	11	25	1349	2	herbal
peril	7	54	2595	2	per_il
serail	6	42	2267	2	serail
terbia	8	3	1115	2	terbia
terbic	10	4	1096	2	terbic
verbal	11	25	1366	2	verbal
verbid	12	23	1131	2	verbid
verbile	12	4	986	2	verbile

Search took 3 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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	16	2.250	36689.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	2.376	75206.6