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

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

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
emptier	11	8	760	(None)
emptied	12	9	739	1	emptied
emptiers	12	7	519	1	emptiers
empties	11	7	1224	1	empties
emitter	9	32	1108	2	emitter
emoter	8	54	1519	2	emot_er
empaler	11	28	835	2	empaler
empire	10	3	932	2	emp_ire
empower	14	21	703	2	empower
emptiest	12	7	810	2	emptiest
emptily	14	4	581	2	emptily
emptins	11	7	940	2	emptins
hempier	14	31	900	2	hemp_ier
matier	8	43	2152	2	_matier
meatier	9	32	1461	2	meatier
metier	8	35	1769	2	_metier
mitier	8	36	2067	2	_mitier
tempter	11	35	821	2	tempt_er

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	107671	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	4.013	26830.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.139	43172.5