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

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

18 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
offends	14	23	429	(None)
offend	13	36	566	1	offend_
defends	12	35	877	2	defends
effendi	14	4	242	2	effendi
effendis	15	4	251	2	effendis
fends	9	63	2497	2	__fends
fiends	10	41	1029	2	_fiends
forfends	15	4	483	2	forfends
offed	12	35	916	2	offe_d_
offence	15	4	535	2	offence
offences	16	4	502	2	offences
offended	16	4	365	2	offended
offender	15	4	372	2	offender
offenders	16	4	340	2	offenders
offense	13	4	368	2	offense
offenses	14	4	383	2	offenses
offers	12	34	996	2	offe_rs
offings	14	28	583	2	offings

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	2.936	36672.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.328	53693.2