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

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

17 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
explorer	17	4	471	(None)
exploder	18	4	484	1	exploder
explore	16	4	661	1	explore_
explored	18	4	508	1	explored
explorers	18	4	374	1	explorers
explores	17	4	625	1	explores
deplorer	11	3	634	2	deplorer
employer	15	6	471	2	employer
expirer	16	3	599	2	exp_irer
explode	17	4	596	2	explode_
exploded	19	4	475	2	exploded
exploders	19	4	417	2	exploders
explodes	18	4	580	2	explodes
exploiter	18	4	458	2	exploiter
exporter	17	3	736	2	exp_orter
exposer	16	3	741	2	exp_oser
implorer	12	12	510	2	implorer

Search took 9 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	0.813	219792.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	7.546	16042.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.375	21336.2