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

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

23 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
spare	7	51	3556	(None)
pare	6	67	6084	1	_pare
scare	7	53	3446	1	scare
share	8	64	3708	1	share
snare	5	44	2998	1	snare
space	9	53	2567	1	space
spade	8	44	2332	1	spade
spae	6	50	3432	1	spa_e
spake	11	43	2274	1	spake
spale	7	49	2921	1	spale
spar	6	54	3330	1	spar_
spared	9	54	2748	1	spared
sparer	8	45	2496	1	sparer
spares	8	48	3455	1	spares
sparge	9	42	1604	1	sparge
spark	11	49	2089	1	spark
spars	7	54	3154	1	spars
sparse	8	45	1634	1	sparse
spate	7	47	3158	1	spate
spire	7	58	2869	1	spire
spore	7	54	2859	1	spore
stare	5	44	4026	1	stare
sware	8	58	2821	1	sware

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	28756	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	23	0.656	43835.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.749	238572.8