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

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

21 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
lovelies	11	3	989	(None)
lovelier	11	3	643	1	lovelier
loveliest	12	4	697	1	loveliest
dovekies	16	11	500	2	dovekies
livelier	11	3	687	2	livelier
liveliest	12	4	709	2	liveliest
liveries	11	3	1437	2	liveries
lobelias	10	4	720	2	lobelias
lobelines	11	3	856	2	lobelines
lollies	7	31	1692	2	lo_llies
lonelier	8	3	800	2	lonelier
loneliest	9	4	944	2	loneliest
loveless	11	6	857	2	loveless
lovelily	14	4	433	2	lovelily
loveliness	13	4	530	2	loveliness
lovevines	15	4	400	2	lovevines
novelise	11	3	795	2	novelise
novelises	12	4	737	2	novelises
novelizes	21	4	622	2	novelizes
novelties	12	4	598	2	novelties
overlies	11	24	1704	2	_overlies

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	121059	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.720	32542.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.139	43172.5