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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “prepress” 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
prepress	12	13	798	(None)
prepregs	13	14	476	1	prepregs
repress	9	27	1268	1	_repress
depress	10	23	987	2	_depress
derepress	12	4	358	2	derepress
peeress	9	3	950	2	p_eeress
prebless	12	3	682	2	prebless
precess	11	3	1086	2	pre_cess
preparers	13	19	767	2	preparers
prepares	12	20	1416	2	prepare_s
prepreg	12	16	596	2	prepre_g
preprocess	16	4	405	2	preprocess
prestress	11	3	813	2	prestress
prioress	10	3	539	2	prioress
progress	11	3	702	2	progress
redress	8	25	1187	2	_redress
regress	8	27	1145	2	_regress

Search took 6 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	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	4.563	26530.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.046	35412.4