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

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

23 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
exertion	15	3	1008	(None)
exertions	16	3	976	1	exertions
exsertion	16	4	685	1	exsertion
desertion	10	4	1020	2	desertion
egestion	9	4	686	2	egestion
ejection	17	25	1004	2	ejection
election	10	20	1535	2	election
emersion	10	4	773	2	emersion
erection	10	21	1551	2	erection
evection	13	19	1083	2	evection
eversion	11	3	871	2	eversion
exaction	17	3	895	2	exaction
exception	20	4	685	2	exception
excerption	21	4	506	2	excerption
excretion	18	4	671	2	excretion
execration	19	4	983	2	execration
execution	18	4	630	2	execution
exemption	20	6	494	2	exemption
exerting	16	22	1115	2	exerting
exertive	18	3	908	2	exertive
exsection	18	4	749	2	exsection
exsertions	17	4	674	2	exsertions
extortion	16	4	672	2	extortion

Search took 5 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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.169	42861.8