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

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

13 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
libelee	9	25	1098	(None)
libeled	10	24	941	1	libeled
libelees	10	22	721	1	libelees
libeler	9	21	900	1	libeler
libellee	10	22	773	1	libellee
labeled	10	25	1056	2	labeled
labeler	9	23	1018	2	labeler
libel	7	41	1610	2	libel__
libelers	10	23	862	2	libelers
libelled	11	31	721	2	libelled
libellees	11	27	498	2	libellees
libeller	10	29	743	2	libeller
libels	8	51	1269	2	libel_s

Search took 5 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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.813	28237.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.282	41730.7