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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “parges” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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
parges	9	45	2954	(None)
barges	9	45	2825	1	barges
larges	7	48	2423	1	larges
marges	9	45	2571	1	marges
pages	8	52	3507	1	pa_ges
pares	7	71	6448	1	par_es
parge	8	58	3185	1	parge_
parged	10	49	2203	1	parged
parget	9	45	2939	1	parget
pargets	10	52	1519	1	pargets
pargos	9	57	1904	1	pargos
paries	8	47	4251	1	paries
parles	8	63	3439	1	parles
parses	8	55	3470	1	parses
purges	9	44	2176	1	purges
sarges	7	51	2859	1	sarges
sparges	10	40	1633	1	sparges
targes	7	45	2459	1	targes

Search took 2 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	48755	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	18	1.203	40527.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	1.329	134455.2