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

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

21 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
raphides	14	18	839	(None)
aphides	13	47	1120	1	_aphides
rachides	14	15	1122	1	rachides
raphide	13	13	807	1	raphide_
rawhides	15	14	554	1	rawhides
aphids	12	51	1084	2	_aphid_s
apsides	10	39	1130	2	_apsides
graphites	15	4	682	2	graphites
lapides	10	30	1204	2	lap_ides
rachises	13	14	1241	2	rachises
raphes	11	51	1745	2	raph__es
raphias	12	35	1108	2	raphi_as
raphis	11	40	1432	2	raphi__s
rapider	10	6	790	2	rap_ider
rapidest	11	3	854	2	rap_idest
rapids	9	49	1389	2	rap_id_s
rapines	9	51	2086	2	rap_ines
rawhide	14	13	497	2	rawhide_
rawhided	16	15	307	2	rawhided
rhachides	18	5	366	2	rhachides
riptides	11	3	642	2	riptides

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	21	3.296	36729.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.702	48268.8