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

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

14 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
devoured	13	3	572	(None)
detoured	10	3	651	1	detoured
devourer	12	3	506	1	devourer
deloused	10	3	697	2	deloused
devoiced	15	27	606	2	devoiced
devolved	16	32	551	2	devolved
devoted	12	41	1109	2	devo_ted
devour	10	7	670	2	devour__
devourers	13	4	409	2	devourers
devours	11	6	664	2	devour_s
devouter	12	3	551	2	devouter
favoured	15	3	396	2	favoured
repoured	11	3	956	2	repoured
savoured	12	3	479	2	savoured

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	14	3.593	33693.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.999	44683.9