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

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

25 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
poetry	11	3	938	(None)
paltry	11	49	1040	2	paltry
pantry	11	50	1410	2	pantry
pastry	11	49	1303	2	pastry
peery	10	57	1944	2	p_eery
peltry	11	28	865	2	peltry
perry	10	52	2271	2	p_erry
petty	10	53	2029	2	p_etty
piety	10	58	1730	2	piet_y
poesy	10	50	1406	2	poe_sy
poet	6	55	5290	2	poet__
poetic	10	4	1684	2	poetic
poets	7	60	2444	2	poet_s
popery	13	45	1170	2	popery
portly	11	47	1340	2	portly
portray	12	3	748	2	portray
potsy	10	58	1561	2	po_tsy
pottery	12	30	1107	2	pottery
potty	10	56	2100	2	po_tty
poultry	12	3	538	2	poultry
pouty	10	70	1881	2	pout_y
poverty	15	3	643	2	poverty
predry	12	3	787	2	predry
pretty	11	5	1087	2	pretty
retry	8	47	1808	2	_retry

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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	25	25	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	2.829	63164.0