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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “airbrushes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
airbrushes	15	5	217	(None)
airbrushed	16	5	155	1	airbrushed
hairbrushes	19	5	169	1	hairbrushes
airbrush	13	4	234	2	airbrush__
airbuses	10	6	708	2	airb_us_es
airbusses	11	5	362	2	airb_usses
nailbrushes	16	5	130	2	nailbrushes
airbrushing	17	6	138	3	airbrushing
airbursts	11	4	257	3	airburs_ts
ambushes	15	3	580	3	a_mb_ushes
brushes	12	40	1466	3	___brushes
hairbrush	17	5	180	3	hairbrush__
inrushes	11	3	627	3	_i_nrushes
paintbrushes	19	7	89	3	paintbrushes
sagebrushes	17	5	155	3	sagebrushes
tarbushes	14	4	488	3	tarb_ushes

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	5.856	24010.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.295	28386.2