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

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

13 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
governed	13	3	519	(None)
caverned	14	3	616	2	caverned
covered	13	33	1529	2	cover_ed
dovened	12	38	906	2	dove_ned
govern	10	3	682	2	govern__
governess	13	4	617	2	governess
governor	12	4	328	2	governor
governs	11	3	610	2	govern_s
hovered	14	34	1157	2	hover_ed
overbed	13	28	1185	2	_overbed
overed	10	22	1662	2	_over_ed
overfed	14	25	1025	2	_overfed
overnew	13	26	813	2	_overnew

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.640	33258.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.079	43807.6