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

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

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
slaves	9	50	2302	(None)
claves	11	50	2006	1	claves
laves	8	60	3915	1	_laves
salves	9	42	2176	1	salves
saves	8	58	3863	1	s_aves
shaves	12	52	2493	1	shaves
slakes	10	40	2188	1	slakes
slates	6	49	3406	1	slates
slave	8	42	2403	1	slave_
slaved	10	40	1704	1	slaved
slaver	9	44	1961	1	slaver
slavers	10	37	1650	1	slavers
slavey	12	40	1180	1	slavey
slaveys	13	41	520	1	slaveys
sleaves	10	38	1320	1	sleaves
soaves	9	42	1867	1	soaves
staves	9	45	2519	1	staves

Search took 1 second 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	48755	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	17	0.846	57630.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	0.935	191113.4