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

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

15 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
draftees	12	22	525	(None)
draftee	11	37	952	1	draftee_
drafters	12	33	853	1	drafters
crafters	13	41	995	2	crafters
drafted	12	43	903	2	draft_ed
drafter	11	44	943	2	draft_er
draftier	12	8	526	2	draftier
draftiest	13	3	594	2	draftiest
drafts	10	50	1253	2	draft__s
dragees	9	35	948	2	dra_gees
drawees	11	37	836	2	dra_wees
drifters	12	41	791	2	drifters
grafters	12	40	919	2	grafters
grantees	9	25	1097	2	grantees
rafters	10	37	1563	2	_rafters

Search took 4 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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.280	36908.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.749	47663.6