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

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

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.

17 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
purveyors	17	4	166	(None)
purveyor	16	4	154	1	purveyor_
surveyors	15	4	229	1	surveyors
purveys	15	61	590	2	purvey__s
surveyor	14	4	226	2	surveyor_
conveyors	17	23	552	3	conveyors
parleyers	14	4	470	3	parleyers
praetors	10	3	983	3	p_raetors
pretors	9	3	1681	3	p_r_etors
preyers	12	44	1236	3	p_r_eyers
purgers	10	47	1400	3	purge__rs
pursers	9	39	1609	3	purse__rs
purvey	14	55	957	3	purvey___
purveyed	17	4	336	3	purvey_ed
purveying	18	4	357	3	purveying
surveys	13	35	757	3	survey__s
survivors	15	4	244	3	survivors

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.876	21617.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.312	24438.0