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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “saviours” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

18 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
saviours	11	5	427	(None)
haviours	14	4	384	1	haviours
paviours	13	4	361	1	paviours
saviors	10	5	899	1	savio_rs
saviour	10	3	521	1	saviour_
savours	10	38	934	1	sav_ours
favours	13	43	709	2	fav_ours
haviors	13	4	738	2	havio_rs
haviour	13	5	482	2	haviour_
paviors	12	3	760	2	pavio_rs
paviour	12	4	462	2	paviour_
sanious	7	5	1410	2	saniou_s
santours	8	3	718	2	santours
sapours	9	36	1062	2	sa_pours
savior	9	7	1017	2	savio_r_
savors	9	56	1610	2	sav_o_rs
savour	9	41	1070	2	sav_our_
savoury	13	36	587	2	sav_oury

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.813	31749.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.203	42515.1