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

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

16 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
profilers	14	23	629	(None)
profiler	13	28	764	1	profiler_
profiles	13	32	1123	1	profile_s
profiters	14	22	831	1	profiters
broilers	10	32	1009	2	bro_ilers
prefiles	13	31	1344	2	prefile_s
profaners	14	25	621	2	profaners
proffers	16	12	659	2	prof_fers
profile	12	32	1115	2	profile__
profiled	14	33	852	2	profile_d
profiteers	15	21	369	2	profiteers
profiter	13	27	1020	2	profiter_
profitless	15	4	276	2	profitless
promisers	13	26	820	2	promisers
providers	15	3	559	2	providers
prowlers	13	32	893	2	pro_wlers

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.720	32644.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.126	43308.5