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

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

25 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
noesis	6	3	1144	(None)
cyesis	11	4	857	2	cyesis
diesis	7	40	1349	2	diesis
ecesis	8	46	1120	2	ecesis
emesis	8	47	1262	2	emesis
enosis	6	38	1642	2	eno_sis
gnosis	7	57	1121	2	gno_sis
loess	5	57	1470	2	loes_s
nemesis	9	3	737	2	nemesis
ness	4	55	2656	2	n_es_s
nests	5	57	2800	2	n_ests
niseis	6	35	1202	2	niseis
noels	5	64	1870	2	noe_ls
noes	4	58	4539	2	noe__s
noesises	8	3	850	2	noesises
noetic	8	5	1404	2	noetic
noises	6	50	2185	2	noises
nooses	6	56	2365	2	nooses
noris	5	49	2827	2	no_ris
noses	5	54	3564	2	no_ses
nouses	6	46	2716	2	nouses
oasis	5	64	2255	2	_oasis
poesies	9	32	1740	2	poesies
thesis	9	49	1373	2	thesis
tmesis	8	52	979	2	tmesis

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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	3.046	27101.4
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.402	52525.3