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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “excelsior” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
excelsior	18	5	232	(None)
excelsiors	19	5	203	1	excelsiors
excelling	19	3	564	3	excelling
excels	15	3	666	3	excels___
exception	20	4	685	3	exception
excerptor	20	6	365	3	excerptor
excessing	19	4	571	3	excessing
excessive	21	4	504	3	excessive
excision	17	4	627	3	exc_ision
exclusion	18	4	522	3	exclusion
excursion	18	4	461	3	excursion
expulsion	18	4	389	3	expulsion
extension	16	4	629	3	extension
extensor	15	4	391	3	extens_or
exterior	15	4	737	3	exte_rior

Search took 8 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	148641	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	15	7.390	20113.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.843	22783.5