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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “descries” 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
descries	11	3	1192	(None)
decries	10	33	1980	1	de_cries
describes	14	4	600	1	describes
descried	12	4	807	1	descried
descrier	11	5	762	1	descrier
descriers	12	4	569	1	descriers
dearies	8	35	2627	2	de_aries
decrees	10	25	1312	2	de_crees
decried	11	26	1285	2	de_cried
decrier	10	27	1355	2	de_crier
decriers	11	29	973	2	de_criers
decuries	11	3	1222	2	decuries
derries	8	31	2462	2	de_rries
describe	13	4	624	2	describe
described	15	4	495	2	described
describer	14	4	461	2	describer
describers	15	4	358	2	describers
deserves	12	10	989	2	deserves
desires	8	13	1613	2	desir_es
destrier	9	3	1182	2	destrier
destriers	10	3	814	2	destriers
scries	8	52	2682	2	__scries
vestries	11	3	1405	2	vestries

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	23	3.813	31749.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.203	42515.1