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

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

Sorry, no words found yet! Please choose a higher Change Limit above to look for words that are less similar, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

Search took 2 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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	0	1.546	45008.4
3	Display Results	0	0	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	0	1.656	107905.2