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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “courtesans” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
courtesans	12	4	425	(None)
courtesan	11	4	417	1	courtesan_
courtezans	21	5	287	1	courtezans
courtesies	12	4	645	2	courtesies
courtezan	20	4	298	2	courtezan_
countess	10	37	1005	3	countes__s
countesses	12	4	884	3	countesses
countians	11	4	733	3	count_ians
courlans	10	11	761	3	cour__lans
courteous	11	4	581	3	courte_ous
courters	10	30	1537	3	courte__rs
courtesied	13	4	406	3	courtesied
courtesy	13	6	497	3	courtes__y
courtesying	17	4	312	3	courtesying
curtesies	11	4	753	3	c_urtesies
fourteens	12	4	334	3	fourte_ens

Search took 8 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	7.080	19859.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.516	23774.7