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

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

23 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
average	11	5	885	(None)
averaged	13	5	622	1	averaged
averages	12	4	918	1	averages
overage	11	5	1405	1	overage
acerate	9	28	1891	2	acerate
acreage	10	3	784	2	acreage
aerate	6	48	3055	2	a_erate
amperage	13	4	774	2	amperage
avenge	10	8	755	2	ave_nge
averagely	16	4	281	2	averagely
averse	9	58	1118	2	aver_se
beverage	14	4	514	2	beverage
coverage	14	3	873	2	coverage
layerage	12	4	496	2	layerage
leverage	12	8	539	2	leverage
overaged	13	5	1167	2	overaged
overages	12	5	1383	2	overages
overate	10	6	2096	2	overate
overawe	13	5	1146	2	overawe
peerage	10	8	980	2	peerage
unaverage	13	4	355	2	unaverage
verge	9	34	1984	2	_ver_ge
waterage	12	4	867	2	waterage

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.346	32179.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.719	48048.1