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

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

8 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
scribes	11	37	1320	(None)
ascribes	12	4	619	1	ascribes
scribe	10	46	1353	1	scribe_
scribed	12	45	1064	1	scribed
scriber	11	39	1097	1	scriber
scribers	12	30	796	1	scribers
scries	8	52	2682	1	scri_es
scrives	12	44	1427	1	scrives

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	69583	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	8	1.720	40455.2
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	2.033	87895.2