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

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

16 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
punishers	14	3	497	(None)
punisher	13	3	577	1	punisher_
punishes	13	3	811	1	punishe_s
banishers	14	25	805	2	banishers
burnishers	15	4	370	2	burnishers
finishers	15	4	535	2	finishers
furnishers	16	4	363	2	furnishers
pishers	12	38	1575	2	p__ishers
planishers	15	8	477	2	planishers
polishers	14	7	760	2	polishers
publishers	17	4	352	2	publishers
punchers	15	26	1007	2	pun_chers
punished	14	3	604	2	punishe_d
punsters	10	33	1058	2	pun_sters
pushers	12	38	1450	2	pu__shers
vanishers	15	18	662	2	vanishers

Search took 9 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	121436	0.860	207780.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	7.483	16228.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	8.359	21377.1