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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “persecutees” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
persecutees	15	5	222	(None)
persecutee	14	5	386	1	persecutee_
persecutes	14	4	435	1	persecut_es
persecute	13	4	488	2	persecut_e_
persecuted	15	4	350	2	persecut_ed
persecutors	15	5	315	2	persecutors
perfecters	17	4	543	3	perfec_ters
persecuting	16	4	383	3	persecuting
persecution	15	6	478	3	persecution
persecutions	16	5	479	3	persecutions
persecutive	18	5	393	3	persecutive
persecutor	14	5	324	3	persecut_or
persecutory	18	5	262	3	persecutory
presentees	12	4	792	3	prese_ntees
prosecutes	14	4	566	3	prosecut_es

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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	4.703	25862.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.109	34975.7