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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “empty” 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
empty	12	4	776	(None)
amity	10	4	1609	2	amity
amply	12	50	1291	2	amply
embay	12	34	1060	2	embay
emery	10	48	1433	2	emery
emit	6	54	3842	2	emit_
emits	7	54	2147	2	emits
emmy	11	60	1324	2	em_my
emote	7	54	2119	2	emote
empathy	17	4	348	2	empathy
empery	13	4	868	2	empery
employ	13	4	649	2	employ
emptily	14	4	581	2	emptily
enmity	11	3	748	2	enmity
espy	9	6	937	2	esp_y
hempy	15	49	1276	2	hemp_y
imply	12	49	1184	2	imply
kempt	13	43	1846	2	kempt_
meaty	10	70	2131	2	meaty
melty	10	49	1836	2	melty
mity	9	55	2821	2	_mity
tempt	9	51	2484	2	tempt_
tempts	10	43	945	2	tempts

Search took 2 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	53800	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	23	1.393	38621.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	1.702	104988.8