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

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

14 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
lavalieres	13	5	223	(None)
lavaliere	12	5	262	1	lavaliere_
lavaliers	12	5	428	1	lavalier_s
lavallieres	14	5	105	1	lavallieres
cavaliered	16	4	266	2	cavaliered
cavaliers	14	5	562	2	cavalier_s
lavalier	11	4	604	2	lavalier__
lavalliere	13	5	127	2	lavalliere_
cavaleros	14	4	411	3	caval_eros
cavalier	13	4	818	3	cavalier__
cavalierism	18	5	185	3	cavalierism
cavalierly	18	5	161	3	cavalierly
gasaliers	10	4	451	3	gasalier_s
lavalike	15	3	628	3	lavali_ke_

Search took 6 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.436	25865.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.858	30503.8