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

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

23 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
lariats	7	6	1506	(None)
lariat	6	6	2905	1	lariat_
arhats	9	3	1298	2	_arhats
arias	5	54	3804	2	_aria_s
carats	8	59	2902	2	car_ats
caritas	9	33	1696	2	caritas
karats	10	64	2050	2	kar_ats
labials	9	29	987	2	labials
labiate	9	13	1357	2	labiate
labiates	10	10	1152	2	labiates
lamias	8	50	2061	2	lamia_s
lariated	9	12	1206	2	lariated
laris	5	47	3746	2	lari__s
larvas	9	3	1024	2	larva_s
latrias	7	19	1321	2	latria_s
lyrists	10	3	696	2	lyrists
pariahs	12	38	1234	2	pariahs
parians	9	35	1974	2	parians
salariats	9	4	783	2	salariats
variants	11	3	920	2	variants
varias	9	50	1991	2	varia_s
variate	10	13	1643	2	variate
variates	11	12	1499	2	variates

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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.513	30649.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.889	45947.8