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

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

20 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
preppier	11	5	664	(None)
peppier	10	26	832	1	p_eppier
preppie	10	5	809	1	preppie_
preppies	11	4	968	1	preppies
crappier	14	28	813	2	crappier
creepier	12	3	625	2	creepier
crepier	11	3	974	2	cre_pier
drippier	13	8	504	2	drippier
grippier	13	5	520	2	grippier
pappier	10	35	1159	2	p_appier
pepper	9	35	1294	2	p_epp_er
premier	11	35	1563	2	pre_mier
preparer	12	16	964	2	preparer
prepped	11	32	990	2	prepp_ed
preppiest	12	3	697	2	preppiest
preppily	14	4	459	2	preppily
prepping	12	30	976	2	prepping
prettier	10	6	904	2	prettier
replier	9	42	1497	2	_replier
trippier	12	4	662	2	trippier

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.313	36540.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.716	48086.9