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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
fer	6	66	4612	(None)
er	2	83	4514	1	_er
far	6	77	6260	1	far
fe	5	79	4474	1	fe_
fear	7	53	3779	1	fear
fed	7	65	4835	1	fed
fee	6	68	6201	1	fee
feh	9	61	3609	1	feh
fem	8	60	4073	1	fem
fen	6	68	5135	1	fen
fere	7	63	4223	1	fere
fern	7	61	2932	1	fern
fes	6	65	5167	1	fes
fet	6	64	7163	1	fet
feu	6	78	4366	1	feu
few	9	54	3696	1	few
fey	9	59	4088	1	fey
fez	15	62	3682	1	fez
fir	6	67	4489	1	fir
for	6	69	5207	1	for
fur	6	66	3732	1	fur
her	6	65	4781	1	her
per	5	63	5309	1	per
ser	3	67	5240	1	ser

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	24	0.080	64325.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	0.143	1249587.4