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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “clerisy” 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
clerisy	12	4	682	(None)
celerity	13	4	764	2	celerity
cerise	8	48	2204	2	c_erise
cherish	15	3	1046	2	cherish
clarify	15	3	609	2	clarify
clarity	12	3	1091	2	clarity
clergy	12	3	499	2	cler_gy
cleric	10	6	1213	2	cleri_c
clerics	11	4	933	2	clerics
clerid	9	3	1241	2	cleri_d
clerids	10	4	909	2	clerids
clerkish	17	4	426	2	clerkish
clerkly	16	4	357	2	clerkly
clerks	12	45	884	2	clerks_
clevis	11	5	896	2	clevis_
pleurisy	13	4	366	2	pleurisy

Search took 6 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	5.203	20694.0
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.626	31761.6