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

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

12 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
improvs	14	3	500	(None)
improv	13	4	464	1	improv_
improve	14	3	596	1	improve
improves	15	3	612	1	improves
impious	11	3	706	2	impious
imporous	12	4	630	2	imporous
imports	11	30	962	2	imports
impress	11	3	777	2	impress
improved	16	4	477	2	improved
improver	15	4	524	2	improver
improvers	16	4	504	2	improvers
improvise	16	7	485	2	improvise

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	3.250	33129.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.390	52711.2