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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “proverbs” 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
proverbs	15	31	558	(None)
preverbs	15	29	530	1	preverbs
proverb	14	37	821	1	proverb_
provers	12	38	1779	1	prover_s
drovers	11	52	1264	2	drover_s
plovers	12	36	1183	2	plover_s
preverb	14	31	706	2	preverb_
probers	11	35	1458	2	prober_s
propers	11	36	1903	2	proper_s
prosers	9	42	1964	2	proser_s
prover	11	38	1972	2	prover__
proverbed	17	4	381	2	proverbed
proves	11	43	2225	2	prove__s
provirus	13	4	545	2	provirus
reverbs	12	36	886	2	_reverbs
rovers	9	54	2352	2	_rover_s
trovers	10	37	1332	2	trover_s

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.983	30393.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.139	43172.5