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

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

16 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
metrify	15	3	562	(None)
petrify	15	3	657	1	petrify
aerify	12	28	1011	2	ae_rify
certify	15	4	624	2	certify
gentrify	15	4	468	2	gentrify
merrily	12	3	863	2	merrily
metric	10	3	1467	2	metri_c
metrics	11	3	1236	2	metrics
metring	10	32	1529	2	metring
metrist	9	3	1706	2	metrist
micrify	17	4	469	2	micrify
mortify	15	3	622	2	mortify
nitrify	13	3	579	2	nitrify
terrify	13	3	635	2	terrify
verify	15	31	1016	2	ve_rify
vitrify	16	4	500	2	vitrify

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	2.983	36094.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.376	52929.8