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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gerbils” 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
gerbils	10	3	730	(None)
gerbil	9	3	834	1	gerbil_
derails	8	42	1639	2	derails
derbies	10	30	1605	2	derbies
ervils	9	4	877	2	_ervils
garboils	11	4	566	2	garboils
gerbille	11	4	461	2	gerbille
gerbilles	12	4	401	2	gerbilles
grails	7	75	1878	2	g_rails
herbals	12	27	1061	2	herbals
perils	8	41	2185	2	per_ils
serails	7	33	1836	2	serails
terbias	9	3	1074	2	terbias
verbals	12	19	1074	2	verbals
verbids	13	25	920	2	verbids
verbile	12	4	986	2	verbile
verbiles	13	3	892	2	verbiles

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.186	33795.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.592	49746.9