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

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

19 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
esquire	16	37	660	(None)
enquire	16	28	721	1	enquire
esquired	18	31	508	1	esquired
esquires	17	26	621	1	esquires
squire	15	59	1246	1	_squire
acquire	18	3	560	2	acquire
enquired	18	25	579	2	enquired
enquires	17	27	697	2	enquires
enquiry	19	25	404	2	enquiry
equine	15	17	1157	2	e_quine
inquire	16	22	799	2	inquire
mesquite	19	53	704	2	mesquite
quire	14	49	1713	2	__quire
require	16	14	865	2	require
square	15	45	1336	2	_square
squired	17	37	1006	2	_squired
squires	16	38	1284	2	_squires
squirm	17	38	767	2	_squirm
squirt	15	38	1293	2	_squirt

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	107671	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.669	48702.9