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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “reformers” 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
reformers	14	24	640	(None)
deformers	15	26	653	1	deformers
reformer	13	21	795	1	reformer_
defoamers	15	28	525	2	defoamers
deforcers	15	26	550	2	deforcers
deformer	14	24	794	2	deformer_
dewormers	15	25	519	2	dewormers
formers	12	82	1795	2	__formers
informers	14	20	613	2	informers
performers	17	16	410	2	performers
recorders	12	18	795	2	recorders
referrers	12	12	537	2	referrers
reforges	12	24	933	2	reforge_s
reformats	14	4	571	2	reformats
reformed	14	24	960	2	reforme_d
reforms	12	3	981	2	reform__s
reorders	9	19	883	2	re_orders
reporters	11	3	917	2	reporters
resorters	9	3	968	2	resorters
retorters	9	3	877	2	retorters

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	4.326	28071.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.498	39726.8