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

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

15 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
spherier	13	3	778	(None)
sneerier	8	7	810	2	sneerier
sparrier	10	32	914	2	sparrier
speedier	11	4	662	2	speedier
sphere	11	33	1366	2	spher_e_
sphered	13	35	1231	2	spher_ed
spheres	12	31	1435	2	spher_es
spheric	14	5	1007	2	spheri_c
spherics	15	3	707	2	spherics
spheriest	14	3	838	2	spheriest
sphering	14	28	1194	2	sphering
spiderier	12	4	465	2	spiderier
spirier	9	32	1407	2	sp_irier
sprier	8	41	1906	2	sp__rier
spurrier	10	29	769	2	spurrier

Search took 4 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.343	36212.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.749	47663.6