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

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

10 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
premiere	12	24	923	(None)
premier	11	35	1563	1	premier_
premiered	14	23	709	1	premiered
premieres	13	28	823	1	premieres
premiers	12	29	1165	1	premiers
prefire	12	40	1281	2	prefi_re
premie	10	36	1799	2	premi__e
premies	11	38	2306	2	premie_s
premise	11	38	1855	2	premi_se
prewire	12	43	1114	2	prewi_re

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	10	3.266	37066.4
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.656	48876.1