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

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

16 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
befinger	14	3	464	(None)
befingers	15	4	410	1	befingers
befingered	17	4	284	2	befingered
befringe	14	8	451	2	befringe_
befringed	16	12	386	2	befringed
befringes	15	10	445	2	befringes
beginner	11	7	395	2	beginner
beringed	12	9	817	2	beringed
besieger	11	4	468	2	besieger
bewinged	15	8	447	2	bewinged
binger	9	49	2345	2	b__inger
bringer	10	42	1335	2	b_ringer
definer	11	44	1377	2	defin_er
deringer	10	3	814	2	deringer
finger	10	49	2033	2	__finger
refiner	10	53	1691	2	refin_er

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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.500	34588.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.936	45399.1