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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “escorting” 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
escorting	12	3	771	(None)
escoting	11	5	871	1	esco_ting
assorting	10	3	730	2	assorting
encoring	11	3	1217	2	encor_ing
escarping	14	3	520	2	escarping
escrowing	15	4	481	2	escrowing
exhorting	20	4	573	2	exhorting
exporting	19	3	732	2	exporting
extorting	17	4	676	2	extorting
rescoring	12	3	1060	2	rescor_ing
resorting	10	6	1461	2	res_orting
scarting	11	34	1526	2	_scarting
scooting	11	30	1264	2	_scooting
scoring	10	31	1721	2	_scor_ing
scorning	11	6	913	2	_scorning
scouting	11	26	1275	2	_scouting
shorting	12	25	1480	2	_shorting
snorting	9	26	1337	2	_snorting
sorting	8	32	2181	2	_s_orting
sporting	11	24	1546	2	_sporting

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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	3.076	39478.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.468	51525.7