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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “peculiars” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

22 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
peculiars	13	4	345	(None)
peculiar	12	4	545	1	peculiar_
peculia	11	4	713	2	peculia__
peculiarly	17	5	280	2	peculiarly
pecuniary	16	5	261	2	pecuniary
seculars	10	21	939	2	secul_ars
eclairs	9	3	596	3	_ec_lairs
oculars	9	4	836	3	_ocul_ars
operculars	14	4	368	3	opercul_ars
peculate	12	24	1467	3	pecul_ate
peculates	13	21	1254	3	peculates
peculators	14	8	698	3	peculators
peculiarity	18	5	329	3	peculiarity
peculium	14	5	554	3	peculi_um
pedaliers	12	4	518	3	pedaliers
pedlars	10	32	1021	3	pe_dl_ars
petunias	10	6	601	3	petunia_s
preclears	13	4	437	3	prec_lears
pulsars	9	35	891	3	p__ulsars
regulars	9	3	625	3	regul_ars
secular	9	22	1153	3	secul_ar_
specular	12	21	761	3	specul_ar_

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.063	21045.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.483	23879.6