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

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

15 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
exhorted	19	3	501	(None)
exhorter	18	4	535	1	exhorter
exported	18	3	713	1	exported
extorted	16	3	623	1	extorted
dehorted	13	5	730	2	dehorted
escorted	11	3	670	2	escorted
exerted	15	22	1005	2	ex_erted
exhort	16	4	1080	2	exhort__
exhorters	19	4	471	2	exhorters
exhorts	17	4	631	2	exhort_s
experted	18	3	805	2	experted
exporter	17	3	736	2	exporter
exserted	16	3	621	2	exserted
extorter	15	4	651	2	extorter
shorted	11	36	1440	2	_shorted

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.999	44683.9