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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “rachides” 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
rachides	14	15	1122	(None)
rachises	13	14	1241	1	rachises
raphides	14	18	839	1	raphides
rawhides	15	14	554	1	rawhides
rhachides	18	5	366	1	rhachides
aphides	13	47	1120	2	_aphides
archines	13	38	1525	2	archines
archives	16	39	955	2	archives
chides	12	46	2047	2	__chides
machines	15	3	1288	2	machines
rachis	11	40	1765	2	rachi__s
rachitides	16	4	453	2	rachitides
rachitis	13	4	835	2	rachitis
raphide	13	13	807	2	raphide_
rawhide	14	13	497	2	rawhide_
rawhided	16	15	307	2	rawhided
rhachises	17	6	397	2	rhachises

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	4.656	26000.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.809	37157.6