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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “telphers” 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
telphers	13	3	547	(None)
telpher	12	3	556	1	telpher_
belchers	15	35	1002	2	belchers
helpers	12	33	1185	2	help_ers
teachers	13	32	1239	2	teachers
teethers	11	32	871	2	teethers
telfers	10	29	907	2	tel_fers
tellers	7	37	1760	2	tel_lers
telphered	15	4	422	2	telphered
tempers	11	35	1301	2	temp_ers
tempters	12	25	729	2	tempters
tethers	10	38	1531	2	te_thers
welchers	16	33	805	2	welchers
welshers	14	24	681	2	welshers
yelpers	12	34	820	2	yelp_ers

Search took 6 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	0.483	369960.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	5.266	22988.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.762	31012.0