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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “programmers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
programmers	18	9	353	(None)
programers	15	8	440	1	progra_mers
programmer	17	9	411	1	programmer_
programmes	17	8	493	1	programme_s
deprogrammers	21	6	242	2	deprogrammers
programer	14	7	560	2	progra_mer_
programme	16	9	478	2	programme__
programmed	18	8	388	2	programme_d
aerogrammes	16	5	377	3	aerogramme_s
deprogrammer	20	6	277	3	deprogrammer_
monogrammers	16	5	260	3	monogrammers
nonprogrammers	21	13	139	3	~~non~~programmers
proclaimers	17	5	220	3	proclaimers
programed	15	8	589	3	progra_me_d
programings	17	5	342	3	programings
programming	19	5	420	3	programming
programmings	20	5	254	3	programmings
programs	13	3	978	3	progra_m__s

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	121633	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	18	5.283	23023.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.716	31261.5