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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “approaching” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

14 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
approaching	21	6	245	(None)
reproaching	19	4	430	2	reproaching
appraising	15	4	576	3	appr_aising
approach	17	4	376	3	approach___
approached	20	6	236	3	approach_ed
approaches	19	4	332	3	approach_es
approbating	18	4	458	3	approbating
approving	17	4	505	3	appro__ving
broaching	17	28	766	3	__broaching
encroaching	19	4	299	3	encroaching
poaching	16	35	1083	3	__p_oaching
preaching	17	28	1116	3	__preaching
roaching	14	32	1043	3	___roaching
upreaching	18	4	411	3	_upreaching

Search took 6 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	121633	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	4.873	24960.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.296	33740.7