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

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

13 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
halberts	13	3	597	(None)
halberds	14	3	518	1	halberds
halbert	12	3	1450	1	halbert_
alerts	6	44	1822	2	_al_erts
filberts	13	3	499	2	filberts
gilberts	11	3	418	2	gilberts
halberd	13	3	605	2	halber_d
halers	9	49	2692	2	hal_er_s
halteres	11	34	1460	2	halteres
halters	10	46	1980	2	halter_s
halvers	13	33	1142	2	halver_s
hauberks	17	4	299	2	hauberks
lamberts	12	34	879	2	lamberts

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	13	7.203	16806.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.032	22247.4