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

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

17 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
passades	11	3	920	(None)
passade	10	3	923	1	passade_
passadoes	12	4	509	1	passadoes
passados	11	4	630	1	passados
passages	11	3	951	1	passages
cascades	13	12	855	2	cascades
massages	11	5	988	2	massages
palisades	12	4	561	2	palisades
parades	10	41	2146	2	pa_rades
parkades	15	3	827	2	parkades
passado	10	3	705	2	passad_o
passage	10	3	980	2	passage_
passaged	12	3	624	2	passaged
passes	8	60	3047	2	pass__es
passives	13	22	882	2	passives
passuses	10	3	677	2	passuses
pesades	10	3	1090	2	p_esades

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	4.156	29128.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.575	39058.1