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

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

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
years	8	45	2767	(None)
bears	7	57	3904	1	bears
dears	6	57	3688	1	dears
ears	4	63	5659	1	_ears
fears	8	48	2939	1	fears
gears	6	46	2869	1	gears
hears	8	67	3737	1	hears
lears	5	59	3873	1	lears
nears	5	55	2942	1	nears
pears	7	51	3861	1	pears
rears	5	47	3965	1	rears
sears	5	47	4491	1	sears
tears	5	54	3646	1	tears
wears	8	60	3030	1	wears
yeahs	11	52	1455	1	yeahs
yeans	8	66	2488	1	yeans
year	7	65	3425	1	year_
yearn	8	63	1643	1	yearn
yearns	9	50	954	1	yearns
yeas	7	86	3842	1	yea_s

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	20	0.610	47141.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	0.690	258972.5