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

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

17 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
biathlons	14	10	333	(None)
biathlon	13	15	301	1	biathlon_
triathlons	13	5	235	2	triathlons
ballons	9	39	1696	3	b_a_llons
bathless	13	12	738	3	b_athless
bathos	11	62	1563	3	b_ath_o_s
batons	8	55	1942	3	b_at__ons
benthons	13	3	797	3	benth_ons
biathlete	14	4	279	3	biathlete
biathletes	15	5	269	3	biathletes
billons	9	30	1336	3	bi__llons
biotrons	10	3	723	3	biot_rons
boathooks	18	4	417	3	boathooks
decathlons	16	4	260	3	decathlons
diatrons	9	3	961	3	diat_rons
gnathions	13	4	330	3	gnathions
triathlon	12	5	253	3	triathlon_

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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.266	23721.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.672	26782.2