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

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

17 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
pharoses	13	3	1032	(None)
agaroses	9	3	882	2	agaroses
chaoses	12	47	1512	2	cha_oses
charases	13	13	1276	2	charases
pareses	9	47	1888	2	p_areses
parises	9	48	2719	2	p_arises
paroles	9	50	2589	2	p_aroles
parses	8	55	3470	2	p_ar_ses
pharisee	13	4	761	2	pharisee
pharisees	14	4	463	2	pharisees
pharos	11	3	1206	2	pharo__s
phases	11	46	1840	2	pha__ses
phereses	13	4	809	2	phereses
phimoses	15	3	721	2	phimoses
phrases	12	7	1146	2	ph_rases
proses	8	47	3347	2	p__roses
saroses	7	36	1933	2	_saroses

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.733	32429.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.139	43172.5