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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sickener” 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
sickener	14	3	660	(None)
sickened	15	4	678	1	sickened
sickeners	15	3	573	1	sickeners
slickener	15	4	404	1	slickener
bickerer	16	10	677	2	bickerer
pickeer	15	37	1011	2	picke_er
picketer	16	18	743	2	picketer
quickener	24	4	312	2	quickener
sickee	12	46	2222	2	sicke_e_
sickees	13	45	1421	2	sicke_es
sicken	12	46	1525	2	sicken__
sickens	13	44	1148	2	sicken_s
sicker	12	40	2390	2	sick__er
sicklier	14	5	721	2	sicklier
slackener	15	4	393	2	slackener
slickened	16	4	429	2	slickened
slickeners	16	4	366	2	slickeners
snickerer	15	13	456	2	snickerer
thickener	18	4	416	2	thickener
wickeder	18	4	398	2	wickeder

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.330	36354.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.719	48048.1