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

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

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
lexical	16	3	736	(None)
lexica	15	3	610	1	lexica_
clerical	12	4	823	2	clerical
epical	10	4	1339	2	_epical
helical	12	3	1115	2	helical
laical	8	3	1232	2	l_aical
lexically	21	4	677	2	lexically
lexicon	16	4	390	2	lexicon
logical	10	3	851	2	logical
lyrical	12	3	649	2	lyrical
medical	12	3	1251	2	medical
metical	11	3	1536	2	metical
toxical	16	3	764	2	toxical
vesical	12	15	981	2	vesical

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.436	31336.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.825	46716.6