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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “demerits” 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
demerits	11	3	1076	(None)
demerit	10	3	1499	1	demerit_
deceits	10	28	1088	2	dece_its
dements	10	30	1662	2	deme_nts
demerges	12	12	950	2	demerges
demerited	13	3	907	2	demerited
demits	9	49	1807	2	dem__its
deserts	8	25	1305	2	deser_ts
emeries	9	16	2002	2	_emeries
emerita	9	3	871	2	_emerita
emeritas	10	4	643	2	_emeritas
emeriti	9	4	943	2	_emeriti
emeritus	10	4	517	2	_emeritus
merits	8	3	2087	2	__merits
temerity	13	4	690	2	temerity

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.796	31891.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.202	42525.2