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

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

9 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
zerks	18	51	1382	(None)
berks	11	54	2312	1	berks
jerks	16	65	1489	1	jerks
merks	11	47	2240	1	merks
perks	11	53	2580	1	perks
yerks	12	54	1656	1	yerks
zeks	17	58	1506	1	ze_ks
zerk	17	53	1925	1	zerk_
zeros	14	49	1811	1	zeros

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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	9	0.516	55728.7
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	0.829	215550.1