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

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

12 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
spherics	15	3	707	(None)
spheric	14	5	1007	1	spheric_
aspheric	15	4	798	2	aspheric_
sferics	12	3	613	2	s_ferics
sherifs	13	29	968	2	s_herifs
sphenic	14	4	909	2	sphenic_
spheres	12	31	1435	2	spher_es
spherical	16	4	580	2	spherical
spherier	13	3	778	2	spherier
spheriest	14	3	838	2	spheriest
sphering	14	28	1194	2	sphering
spheroids	15	4	554	2	spheroids

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.733	32429.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.172	42831.0