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

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

18 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
obelises	10	3	910	(None)
obelise	9	3	1017	1	obelise_
obelised	11	3	617	1	obelised
obelisks	14	4	344	1	obelisks
obelisms	12	3	639	1	obelisms
obelizes	19	3	751	1	obelizes
belies	8	46	3105	2	_beli_es
betises	9	48	1612	2	_betises
lobelines	11	3	856	2	lobelines
mobilises	13	4	751	2	mobilises
novelises	12	4	737	2	novelises
obelias	9	27	904	2	obeli_as
obelisk	13	4	519	2	obelis_k
obelism	11	3	820	2	obelis_m
obelize	18	3	824	2	obelize_
obelized	20	3	633	2	obelized
obliges	10	3	714	2	ob_liges
oxalises	15	3	850	2	oxalises

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.610	33534.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.013	44528.0