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

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

15 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
purplest	12	24	913	(None)
purples	11	27	1283	1	purples_
pulpiest	12	5	843	2	pulpiest
pulpless	12	22	495	2	pulpless
pumpless	14	23	637	2	pumpless
purest	8	40	2193	2	pur__est
purfles	12	25	1184	2	purfles_
purple	10	27	1268	2	purple__
purpled	12	29	978	2	purple_d
purpler	11	28	927	2	purple_r
purplish	15	5	493	2	purplish
pursiest	10	28	1212	2	pursiest
purtiest	10	24	1411	2	purtiest
purulent	10	4	761	2	purulent
supplest	12	4	894	2	supplest

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.263	37100.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.672	48663.1