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

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

16 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
ravisher	14	6	546	(None)
lavisher	14	4	508	1	lavisher
ravished	15	5	571	1	ravished
ravishers	15	6	478	1	ravishers
ravishes	14	7	804	1	ravishes
banisher	13	16	918	2	banisher
lavished	15	5	513	2	lavished
lavishers	15	6	464	2	lavishers
lavishes	14	5	740	2	lavishes
paviser	12	48	909	2	pavis_er
radishes	12	6	946	2	radishes
raiser	6	66	2010	2	ra_is_er
rasher	9	50	2412	2	ra__sher
ravish	12	34	1403	2	ravish__
reviser	10	41	1466	2	revis_er
vanisher	14	16	745	2	vanisher

Search took 5 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.126	29340.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.279	41760.0