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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “perseverate” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

14 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
perseverate	16	6	316	(None)
perseverated	18	5	288	1	perseverated
perseverates	17	5	315	1	perseverates
perseverance	19	6	190	2	perseverance
perseverative	21	6	231	2	perseverative
persevere	14	4	399	2	persever__e
asseverate	13	5	269	3	_asseverate
perpetrate	14	7	665	3	perpe_trate
perseverances	20	6	184	3	perseverances
perseverating	19	5	252	3	perseverating
perseveration	18	5	380	3	perseveration
persevered	16	4	263	3	persever_ed
perseveres	15	4	340	3	persever_es
persevering	17	4	325	3	persevering

Search took 6 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	121633	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	4.860	25027.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.249	34042.9