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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “esquires” 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
esquires	17	26	621	(None)
enquires	17	27	697	1	enquires
esquire	16	37	660	1	esquire_
esquired	18	31	508	1	esquired
squires	16	38	1284	1	_squires
acquires	19	4	540	2	acquires
enquire	16	28	721	2	enquire_
enquired	18	25	579	2	enquired
enquiries	18	5	438	2	enquiries
equines	16	18	1159	2	e_quines
equites	16	22	1249	2	e_quites
inquires	17	23	736	2	inquires
mesquites	20	47	643	2	mesquites
quires	15	40	1575	2	__quires
requires	17	16	870	2	requires
squares	16	37	1446	2	_squares
squire	15	59	1246	2	_squire_
squired	17	37	1006	2	_squired
squirms	18	37	634	2	_squirms
squirts	16	34	801	2	_squirts

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	20	3.343	36212.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.749	47663.6