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

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

12 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
endashes	12	21	745	(None)
emdashes	14	22	430	1	emdashes
encashes	13	22	767	1	encashes
dashes	10	61	2498	2	__dashes
encases	9	31	1605	2	encas_es
encashed	14	24	648	2	encashed
endash	10	29	712	2	endash__
enmeshes	13	4	534	2	enmeshes
entases	7	28	1627	2	entas_es
gnashes	11	41	957	2	gn_ashes
snashes	10	52	1475	2	sn_ashes
unlashes	11	23	804	2	unlashes

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.266	37066.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.656	48876.1