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

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

17 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
testify	13	24	694	(None)
testily	10	29	1080	1	testily
beatify	15	3	659	2	beatify
certify	15	4	624	2	certify
destiny	11	31	1146	2	destiny
justify	20	3	466	2	justify
mystify	18	4	356	2	mystify
rectify	15	3	645	2	rectify
retestify	15	4	375	2	retestify
tastily	10	33	1164	2	tastily
terrify	13	3	635	2	terrify
testacy	12	3	596	2	testacy
testier	7	40	1564	2	testier
testing	8	60	2105	2	testing
testis	6	49	1671	2	testi_s
testy	8	54	1906	2	test__y
zestily	19	16	756	2	zestily

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.549	50349.7