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

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

18 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
decurves	14	3	586	(None)
decuries	11	3	1222	1	decuries
decurve	13	3	558	1	decurve_
decurved	15	3	484	1	decurved
recurves	13	3	740	1	recurves
becurses	12	3	672	2	becurses
curves	11	46	1928	2	__curves
decares	10	28	1853	2	decar_es
deceives	14	3	790	2	deceives
decrees	10	25	1312	2	dec_rees
decries	10	33	1980	2	dec_ries
decuples	13	9	528	2	decuples
deserves	12	10	989	2	deserves
incurves	13	3	639	2	incurves
recurve	12	3	740	2	recurve_
recurved	14	3	649	2	recurved
secures	9	6	1316	2	secur_es
upcurves	15	8	315	2	upcurves

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.673	32959.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.046	44164.9