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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “polisher” 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
polisher	13	8	807	(None)
polished	14	6	843	1	polished
polishers	14	7	760	1	polishers
polishes	13	7	1178	1	polishes
abolisher	14	4	372	2	abolisher
foolisher	15	4	422	2	foolisher
pisher	11	43	1775	2	p__isher
plasher	12	42	1503	2	p_lasher
plusher	12	40	1038	2	p_lusher
poiser	8	42	1724	2	po_is_er
policer	11	31	1268	2	poli_cer
polish	11	49	1672	2	polish__
politer	9	24	1707	2	poli_ter
pollster	10	3	710	2	pollster
posher	11	50	1816	2	po__sher
publisher	16	4	421	2	publisher
punisher	13	3	577	2	punisher

Search took 5 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	0.780	229091.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	4.080	29671.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.876	36647.0