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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “petrifies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
petrifies	14	3	1036	(None)
metrifies	14	3	980	1	metrifies
petrified	15	4	834	1	petrified
petrifier	14	4	712	1	petrifier
petrifiers	15	4	467	1	petrifiers
aerifies	11	13	1339	2	ae_rifies
certifies	14	3	1032	2	certifies
gentrifies	14	4	690	2	gentrifies
metrified	15	4	786	2	metrified
nitrifies	12	10	792	2	nitrifies
prettifies	15	4	569	2	prettifies
purifies	13	3	1193	2	p_urifies
putrefies	14	4	466	2	putrefies
terrifies	12	13	972	2	terrifies
verifies	14	13	1348	2	ve_rifies
vitrifies	15	4	722	2	vitrifies

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	121436	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.826	31739.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.248	42064.7