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

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

20 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
pregames	13	3	900	(None)
pregame	12	3	955	1	pregame_
prenames	12	3	1164	1	prenames
degames	11	33	1262	2	_degames
preamps	13	3	661	2	pre_amps
prebakes	16	3	901	2	prebakes
predates	11	6	1581	2	predates
prefaces	15	3	1106	2	prefaces
prefades	14	3	953	2	prefades
prelates	10	4	1857	2	prelates
prename	11	4	1264	2	prename_
prepares	12	20	1416	2	prepares
prepaves	15	18	919	2	prepaves
presages	11	3	1220	2	presages
presales	10	3	1526	2	presales
presumes	12	3	984	2	presumes
pretapes	12	28	1153	2	pretapes
regales	8	35	2079	2	_regales
regimes	10	45	1474	2	_regimes
renames	9	24	1805	2	_renames

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	5.376	22518.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	5.532	32301.3