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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “petioles” 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
petioles	10	3	1164	(None)
petiole	9	3	1130	1	petiole_
petioled	11	3	799	1	petioled
etoiles	7	4	1129	2	_etoiles
fetiales	11	31	961	2	fetiales
ostioles	8	3	927	2	ostioles
pedicles	13	3	868	2	pedicles
pestholes	14	4	823	2	pestholes
petiolar	10	4	617	2	petiolar
petiolules	12	5	258	2	petiolules
petites	9	38	2020	2	peti_tes
petrales	10	3	1298	2	petrales
petrols	9	29	1308	2	petrol_s
pettles	9	39	1648	2	pet_tles
potholes	13	3	1293	2	potholes
reticles	10	39	1248	2	reticles
retiles	7	44	2699	2	reti_les
retitles	8	36	1259	2	retitles

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.266	37066.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.672	48663.1