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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
dex	11	69	3688	(None)
de	3	70	4954	1	de_
deb	6	63	4269	1	deb
dee	4	76	6582	1	dee
def	7	65	4672	1	def
del	4	67	5275	1	del
den	4	75	5434	1	den
dev	7	60	3377	1	dev
dew	7	71	3992	1	dew
dexy	15	61	1855	1	dexy
dey	7	72	4337	1	dey
ex	9	88	3564	1	_ex
hex	13	74	3617	1	hex
kex	14	60	2958	1	kex
lex	10	79	4382	1	lex
rex	10	57	4099	1	rex
sex	10	70	4322	1	sex
vex	13	64	2917	1	vex

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	5146	0.046	3884587.0
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	18	0.093	55333.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	0.139	1285546.8