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

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

14 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
discern	10	3	849	(None)
discerns	11	3	816	1	discerns
cistern	9	33	1070	2	cistern
decern	9	13	1095	2	d_ecern
dicer	8	54	2642	2	di_cer_
dicers	9	47	2074	2	di_cers
discard	11	3	1021	2	discard
disced	10	49	1465	2	disce_d
discept	12	3	1062	2	discept
discerned	13	4	786	2	discerned
discerner	12	4	694	2	discerner
discord	11	3	999	2	discord
dissert	8	37	2069	2	dissert
viscera	12	3	508	2	viscera

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	5.420	19865.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.812	30745.2