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

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

24 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
lierne	6	3	802	(None)
liernes	7	3	962	1	liernes
diene	6	57	2013	2	die_ne
erne	4	67	2743	2	__erne
eterne	6	3	1172	2	eterne
fierce	11	34	891	2	fierce
kerne	9	47	1822	2	_kerne
leone	5	50	1882	2	l_eone
liane	5	47	2066	2	li_ane
librae	8	43	1017	2	librae
liege	6	53	1443	2	lie_ge
lien	4	53	3980	2	lie_n_
liens	5	65	2550	2	lie_ns
lier	4	59	4246	2	lier__
liers	5	51	3040	2	lier_s
lieve	8	63	1547	2	lie_ve
line	4	69	6557	2	li__ne
lire	4	78	4529	2	li_r_e
litre	5	54	2146	2	litr_e
livre	8	56	1325	2	livr_e
lucerne	9	4	575	2	lucerne
pierce	10	40	1039	2	pierce
terne	5	64	2615	2	_terne
tierce	8	33	984	2	tierce

Search took 3 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	82551	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.530	32628.9
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.876	62131.8