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

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

24 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
excess	15	4	605	(None)
excels	15	3	666	1	excels
access	10	3	768	2	access
cess	6	53	2605	2	__cess
ecesis	8	46	1120	2	e_cesis
egress	7	33	1043	2	egress
emcees	10	3	781	2	emcees
exceed	16	3	617	2	exceed
exceeds	17	3	384	2	exceeds
excel	14	3	774	2	exce_l
except	17	9	765	2	except
excepts	18	8	520	2	excepts
excessed	18	4	494	2	excessed
excesses	17	3	675	2	excesses
excise	15	3	855	2	excise
excises	16	3	893	2	excises
excuse	15	3	742	2	excuse
excuses	16	3	890	2	excuses
execs	14	53	972	2	ex_ecs
exes	11	65	3081	2	ex_e_s
expels	15	4	717	2	expels
express	16	3	749	2	express
recess	8	3	1426	2	recess
sexless	14	6	724	2	sexless

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.373	34787.6
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.749	65002.2