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

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

20 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
devoices	14	30	741	(None)
devices	13	32	1258	1	dev_ices
devoice	13	34	734	1	devoice_
devoiced	15	27	606	1	devoiced
revoices	13	27	899	1	revoices
deforces	14	24	840	2	deforces
deices	9	41	1937	2	de__ices
device	12	45	1216	2	dev_ice_
devises	11	41	1676	2	dev_ises
devoirs	11	7	578	2	devoi_rs
devolves	15	28	626	2	devolves
devotees	12	28	628	2	devotees
devotes	11	37	1375	2	devo_tes
divorces	14	4	567	2	divorces
invoices	13	13	586	2	invoices
rejoices	17	28	766	2	rejoices
revoice	12	31	918	2	revoice_
revoiced	14	31	787	2	revoiced
unvoices	13	12	516	2	unvoices
voices	11	44	1401	2	__voices

Search took 4 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	20	3.593	33693.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.982	44874.7