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

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

25 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
pierced	12	34	759	(None)
pieced	11	39	1210	1	pie_ced
pierce	10	40	1039	1	pierce_
piercer	11	33	777	1	piercer
pierces	11	34	1119	1	pierces
tierced	10	34	705	1	tierced
amerced	12	5	652	2	amerced
coerced	12	3	858	2	coerced
fierce	11	34	891	2	fierce_
fiercer	12	35	695	2	fiercer
peaced	11	58	1891	2	p_eaced
peered	9	38	1949	2	peer_ed
perched	15	47	1324	2	p_erched
perked	13	46	1769	2	p_erked
permed	11	52	1735	2	p_ermed
piece	9	67	1799	2	pie_ce_
piecer	10	52	1308	2	pie_cer
pieces	10	42	1727	2	pie_ces
piercers	12	31	672	2	piercers
spiered	10	44	1246	2	spier_ed
tierce	8	33	984	2	tierce_
tiercel	9	31	620	2	tiercel
tierces	9	37	1045	2	tierces
tiered	7	36	1397	2	tier_ed
unpierced	14	4	344	2	unpierced

Search took 9 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	107671	1.140	156746.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	7.080	15207.8
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	8.233	21704.2