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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “degrades” 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
degrades	11	26	992	(None)
degrade	10	22	990	1	degrade_
degraded	12	28	832	1	degraded
degrader	11	24	791	1	degrader
degraders	12	24	593	1	degraders
regrades	10	32	1217	1	regrades
aggrades	11	3	586	2	aggrades
debrides	12	6	872	2	debrides
decades	11	36	1551	2	de_cades
degames	11	33	1262	2	deg_ames
degases	9	34	1310	2	deg_ases
deglazes	19	3	546	2	deglazes
degreases	11	4	615	2	degreases
degrees	9	28	1072	2	degr_ees
depraves	14	3	687	2	depraves
derates	8	40	2889	2	de_rates
derides	9	34	2085	2	de_rides
detrudes	10	3	620	2	detrudes
grades	8	49	2631	2	__grades
regrade	9	26	1203	2	regrade_
regraded	11	34	1076	2	regraded
regrates	9	26	1840	2	regrates
upgrades	12	21	606	2	upgrades

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.169	42861.8