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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “improve” 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
improve	14	3	596	(None)
improv	13	4	464	1	improv_
improved	16	4	477	1	improved
improver	15	4	524	1	improver
improves	15	3	612	1	improves
improvs	14	3	500	1	improvs
approve	14	11	660	2	approve
disprove	14	13	819	2	disprove
implode	12	15	610	2	implode
implore	11	17	670	2	implore
impone	10	30	1186	2	imp_one
impose	10	31	1305	2	imp_ose
imprese	11	3	814	2	imprese
improper	14	4	453	2	improper
improvers	16	4	504	2	improvers
improvise	16	7	485	2	improvise
prove	10	48	2319	2	__prove
reprove	12	29	1107	2	reprove

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.546	30364.1
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.952	45215.3