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

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

17 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
asperges	11	31	809	(None)
asperses	10	41	1167	1	asperses
absterges	12	4	476	2	absterges
amperages	14	4	768	2	amperages
amperes	11	3	1398	2	amper_es
aperies	9	4	2320	2	a_peries
asperates	11	3	1255	2	asperates
aspers	8	62	2031	2	asper__s
asperse	9	42	1066	2	asperse_
aspersed	11	42	829	2	aspersed
asperser	10	40	830	2	asperser
aspersers	11	37	724	2	aspersers
aspires	9	6	1204	2	aspir_es
auberges	11	4	667	2	auberges
serges	7	42	2596	2	_s_erges
sparges	10	40	1634	2	_sparges
spurges	10	41	1165	2	_spurges

Search took 4 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	17	3.640	33258.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.780	47272.8