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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “peroxy” 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
peroxy	18	3	825	(None)
proxy	17	50	1101	1	p_roxy
deoxy	16	4	888	2	de_oxy
desoxy	17	4	462	2	desoxy
epoxy	17	46	577	2	_epoxy
parody	12	4	1009	2	parody
peony	10	57	1756	2	pe_ony
perdy	11	54	1733	2	per_dy
perky	14	53	1948	2	per_ky
peroxid	17	3	1028	2	peroxid
perry	10	52	2271	2	per_ry
pertly	11	53	1255	2	pertly
phenoxy	22	4	348	2	phenoxy
poxy	16	68	2089	2	p__oxy
prexy	17	46	1158	2	p_rexy
prosy	10	63	1925	2	p_rosy
xerox	11	3	862	2	xerox_

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	3.000	27517.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.420	52248.8