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

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

21 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
ids	4	75	3548	(None)
ads	4	97	5574	1	ads
aids	5	78	4637	1	aids
bids	7	58	3846	1	bids
dis	4	64	5990	1	dis
eds	4	66	3893	1	eds
fids	8	70	3475	1	fids
gids	6	59	3375	1	gids
id	3	89	4185	1	id_
ides	5	77	3424	1	ides
ifs	6	71	2425	1	ifs
ins	3	59	4561	1	ins
is	2	70	4822	1	i_s
its	3	55	3884	1	its
kids	9	60	2965	1	kids
lids	5	63	3647	1	lids
mids	7	65	4180	1	mids
ods	4	75	4622	1	ods
rids	5	65	3956	1	rids
vids	8	56	2755	1	vids
yids	8	52	2497	1	yids

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	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	21	0.110	46781.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	0.376	475242.0