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

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

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
perished	14	3	1009	(None)
perishes	13	3	1375	1	perishes
cherished	18	6	519	2	cherished
parishes	13	3	1475	2	parishes
peised	9	48	1768	2	pe_is_ed
perched	15	47	1324	2	per_ched
periled	10	3	1632	2	peri_led
perilled	11	4	1011	2	perilled
perish	11	46	1906	2	perish__
persisted	12	4	715	2	persisted
perused	10	31	1220	2	perus_ed
pished	12	48	1706	2	p__ished
plenished	15	8	495	2	plenished
polished	14	6	843	2	polished
prised	9	43	2220	2	p_ris_ed
prissed	10	33	1126	2	p_rissed
punished	14	3	604	2	punished
relished	12	3	943	2	relished

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.470	34887.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.892	45912.4