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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “birdfarm” 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
birdfarm	16	4	287	(None)
birdfarms	17	4	185	1	birdfarms
airfare	10	4	724	3	air_fare
biform	13	6	812	3	bi__form
birdbath	16	4	317	3	birdbath
birdcage	14	4	351	3	birdcage
birdcall	13	4	369	3	birdcall
birder	9	49	1549	3	bird_er_
birders	10	39	1326	3	bird_ers
birdfeed	15	4	244	3	birdfeed
birdman	12	3	667	3	birdma_n
firearm	12	3	719	3	fir_earm
piriform	15	5	574	3	piriform
sidearm	10	3	596	3	si_dearm
sirdar	7	26	910	3	sird_ar_
sirdars	8	22	821	3	sird_ars
yardarm	13	11	453	3	yard_arm

Search took 8 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	146162	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	17	7.516	19446.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.689	23239.8