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

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

26 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
secern	8	10	1022	(None)
decern	9	13	1095	1	decern
secerns	9	8	773	1	secerns
decerns	10	11	905	2	decerns
lectern	9	3	703	2	lectern
lucern	8	4	610	2	lucern
scorn	7	58	1745	2	s_corn
secede	9	33	1199	2	secede
secerned	11	3	610	2	secerned
secret	8	3	2506	2	secret
secure	8	5	1353	2	secure
seder	6	48	2676	2	seder_
seders	7	44	2028	2	seders
seen	4	69	4312	2	se_e_n
seer	4	55	4704	2	se_er_
seers	5	51	3638	2	se_ers
semen	7	57	2410	2	seme_n
serein	6	33	1846	2	serein
serer	5	59	3551	2	serer_
seven	8	41	1831	2	seve_n
sever	8	54	2605	2	sever_
severe	9	40	1608	2	severe
severs	9	41	2112	2	severs
sewer	8	44	2622	2	sewer_
sewers	9	47	1972	2	sewers
stern	5	53	1912	2	s_tern

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	26	2.563	32208.7
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.923	61132.7