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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “raphide” 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
raphide	13	13	807	(None)
raphides	14	18	839	1	raphides
rawhide	14	13	497	1	rawhide
aphid	11	55	1539	2	_aphid_
aphides	13	47	1120	2	_aphides
aphids	12	51	1084	2	_aphids
graphite	14	4	715	2	graphite
rachides	14	15	1122	2	rachides
raphae	11	43	1173	2	raph_ae
raphe	10	49	1642	2	raph__e
raphia	11	35	1126	2	raphi_a
raphias	12	35	1108	2	raphias
raphis	11	40	1432	2	raphi_s
rapid	8	64	2203	2	rap_id_
rapider	10	6	790	2	rap_ider
rapids	9	49	1389	2	rap_ids
rapine	8	50	2308	2	rap_ine
rawhided	16	15	307	2	rawhided
rawhides	15	14	554	2	rawhides
riptide	10	3	688	2	riptide

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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	2.970	36252.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.343	53452.3