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

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

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
heroizes	20	26	1098	(None)
heroines	11	29	1657	1	heroines
heroize	19	32	1096	1	heroize_
heroized	21	29	844	1	heroized
erotizes	17	3	1121	2	_erotizes
hebraizes	23	4	410	2	hebraizes
heroes	9	49	2382	2	hero__es
heroicizes	24	4	528	2	heroicizes
heroics	12	29	1200	2	heroi_cs
heroine	10	35	1748	2	heroine_
heroins	10	35	1801	2	heroi_ns
heroisms	13	3	869	2	heroisms
herries	10	40	2507	2	herri_es
hertzes	19	3	829	2	her_tzes
theorizes	21	4	707	2	theorizes

Search took 5 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	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	4.796	25241.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.952	36084.6