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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sierra” 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
sierra	6	3	731	(None)
sierran	7	3	719	1	sierran
sierras	7	3	786	1	sierras
sirra	5	44	1632	1	si_rra
sera	4	61	4139	2	s_e_ra
serry	8	48	2412	2	s_erry
sherpa	11	3	809	2	sherpa
sherry	12	45	1041	2	sherry
sienna	6	4	719	2	sienna
siesta	6	3	950	2	siesta
sieur	5	9	1189	2	sieur_
sieurs	6	5	904	2	sieurs
sirrah	9	37	975	2	si_rrah
sirras	6	38	1486	2	si_rras
sistra	6	3	933	2	sistra
skerry	13	35	610	2	skerry
sterna	6	37	1276	2	sterna
surra	5	55	2134	2	s_urra
terra	5	44	1966	2	_terra
wirra	8	32	1082	2	wi_rra

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	20	2.500	33020.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.860	62479.4