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

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

27 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
plexus	15	37	728	(None)
plexes	15	53	1354	1	plexes
amplexus	19	4	269	2	amplexus
flexes	16	45	1295	2	flexes
ileus	5	46	1689	2	ile_us
ilexes	13	45	1025	2	ilexes
lexes	12	72	2526	2	_lexes
lexis	12	59	1603	2	_lexis
nexus	12	47	1066	2	_nexus
pileous	9	5	1052	2	pileous
pileus	8	45	1494	2	pile_us
pleads	9	46	1395	2	pleads
pleas	7	56	2703	2	ple_as
pleats	8	52	1859	2	pleats
plebes	10	43	1362	2	plebes
plebs	9	58	1458	2	ple_bs
plenum	10	3	950	2	plenum
plenums	11	3	653	2	plenums
pleons	8	42	1334	2	pleons
plews	10	54	1535	2	ple_ws
plex	13	73	2137	2	plex__
plexal	15	3	684	2	plexal
plexor	15	3	525	2	plexor
plexors	16	4	542	2	plexors
plexuses	17	3	411	2	plexuses
plus	6	63	2483	2	pl__us
prexes	15	49	1595	2	prexes

Search took 3 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	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.203	37472.1
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.575	69394.6