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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “speckles” 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
speckles	16	26	813	(None)
spackles	16	31	994	1	spackles
speckle	15	29	755	1	speckle_
speckled	17	25	582	1	speckled
deckles	14	33	1280	2	_deckles
freckles	17	12	638	2	freckles
heckles	16	37	1138	2	_heckles
keckles	12	31	876	2	_keckles
pickles	15	32	1544	2	_pickles
shackles	17	30	1059	2	shackles
sickles	13	34	1754	2	s_ickles
spackle	15	36	956	2	spackle_
spackled	17	29	779	2	spackled
sparkles	14	32	1048	2	sparkles
species	11	3	1413	2	spec_ies
specked	16	32	901	2	speck_ed
specks	14	43	1270	2	speck__s
spectres	12	26	868	2	spectres
spicules	12	21	980	2	spicules
stickles	14	25	1210	2	stickles
suckles	13	45	1674	2	s_uckles

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	21	3.956	30601.4
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.096	43625.7