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

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

13 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
severely	14	4	530	(None)
reversely	15	4	459	2	reversely
securely	13	4	507	2	securely
serenely	11	4	762	2	serenely
several	10	3	953	2	several_
severally	15	4	624	2	severally
severals	11	3	759	2	severals
severalty	15	4	407	2	severalty
severe	9	40	1608	2	severe__
severed	11	35	1386	2	severe_d
severer	10	35	1156	2	severe_r
severest	11	3	1032	2	severest
severity	14	4	697	2	severity

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.483	34757.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.892	45912.4