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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “finishers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
finishers	15	4	535	(None)
finisher	14	3	630	1	finisher_
finishes	14	3	898	1	finishe_s
banishers	14	25	805	2	banishers
filisters	12	3	700	2	filisters
finfishes	18	4	604	2	finfishe_s
finises	10	3	1290	2	finis_e_s
finished	15	3	648	2	finishe_d
fishers	13	47	1472	2	f__ishers
furnishers	16	4	363	2	furnishers
minishes	13	3	1058	2	minishe_s
ministers	11	3	962	2	ministers
punishers	14	3	497	2	punishers
refinishers	17	5	262	2	refinishers
vanishers	15	18	662	2	vanishers

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	15	3.296	36843.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.686	48478.3