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

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

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
tempera	11	32	904	(None)
temper	10	39	1409	1	temper_
temperas	12	27	823	1	temperas
tempers	11	35	1301	1	tempers
tempura	11	29	526	1	tempura
empery	13	4	868	2	_empery
lempira	11	4	419	2	lempira
tamper	10	46	1851	2	tamper_
tampers	11	35	1674	2	tampers
temped	11	39	1289	2	tempe_d
tempeh	13	35	746	2	tempe_h
tempehs	14	32	515	2	tempehs
temperate	13	4	851	2	temperate
tempered	13	24	822	2	tempered
temperer	12	22	772	2	temperer
tempest	11	3	922	2	tempest
templar	11	4	564	2	templar
temporal	12	4	633	2	temporal
tempter	11	35	821	2	tempter_
tempters	12	25	729	2	tempters
tempuras	12	29	506	2	tempuras
tephra	11	3	648	2	te_phra
tessera	7	3	633	2	tessera

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	107671	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.593	29966.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.029	44351.2