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

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

21 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
rosary	9	28	1035	(None)
rosery	9	38	1328	1	rosery
rotary	9	24	1130	1	rotary
covary	14	3	874	2	covary
hoary	11	45	1676	2	ho_ary
horary	12	3	1038	2	horary
notary	9	23	1071	2	notary
osar	4	68	2095	2	_osar_
ovary	11	4	911	2	_ovary
resay	8	53	2054	2	resa_y
roar	4	63	2857	2	ro_ar_
roars	5	56	2224	2	ro_ars
ropery	11	43	1387	2	ropery
rosaria	7	4	925	2	rosaria
rosemary	13	4	443	2	rosemary
rosily	9	39	1471	2	rosily
rosiny	9	44	1453	2	rosiny
rostra	6	3	1093	2	rostra
rosy	7	60	2487	2	ros__y
votary	12	24	833	2	votary
zonary	18	3	879	2	zonary

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.969	60185.6