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

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

15 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
courtiers	11	4	669	(None)
couriers	10	32	1317	1	cour_iers
courters	10	30	1537	1	court_ers
courtier	10	5	933	1	courtier_
cottiers	10	39	915	2	co_ttiers
coulters	10	36	1431	2	coult_ers
counters	10	33	2019	2	count_ers
counties	10	3	1628	2	countie_s
courier	9	36	1789	2	cour_ier_
coursers	10	44	1230	2	cour_sers
courter	9	45	1648	2	court_er_
courtlier	11	5	446	2	courtlier_
couters	9	38	2730	2	cou_t_ers
cowriters	14	31	728	2	cowriters
curriers	10	34	1075	2	c_urriers

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.890	31217.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.283	41721.0