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

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

12 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
bloomery	15	33	569	(None)
bloomer	11	41	981	1	bloomer_
bloomers	12	34	882	1	bloomers
blooey	11	51	1079	2	bloo_e_y
bloomed	12	43	943	2	bloome_d
bloomier	12	7	578	2	bloomier_
bloomy	13	45	1011	2	bloom__y
blooper	11	35	853	2	blooper_
bloopers	12	39	737	2	bloopers
boomer	10	46	1851	2	b_oomer_
boomers	11	41	1591	2	b_oomers
bootery	12	3	898	2	b_ootery

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.156	38358.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.562	50165.9