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

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

22 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
dispense	11	12	978	(None)
dispensed	13	15	877	1	dispensed
dispenser	12	12	832	1	dispenser
dispenses	12	12	1076	1	dispenses
disperse	11	10	1135	1	disperse
disease	8	32	1384	2	dis_ease
diseuse	8	31	1072	2	dis_euse
dispels	10	3	1050	2	dispels_
dispend	11	28	941	2	dispen_d
dispended	14	14	782	2	dispended
dispends	12	30	853	2	dispends
dispensers	13	14	674	2	dispensers
dispersed	13	11	978	2	dispersed
disperser	12	10	908	2	disperser
disperses	12	12	1177	2	disperses
displease	12	4	552	2	displease
dispose	10	3	1276	2	disp_ose
disseise	9	3	985	2	disseise
mispens	11	3	1107	2	mispens_
missense	10	3	796	2	missense
spense	8	39	1243	2	__spense
suspense	10	13	574	2	suspense

Search took 5 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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.843	31501.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	4.296	41594.7