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

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

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
boomtowns	16	4	178	(None)
boomtown	15	4	212	1	boomtown_
blowdowns	18	4	292	3	blowdowns
boomboxes	22	4	344	3	boomboxes
boomkins	16	4	550	3	boom_kins
bostons	9	3	1290	3	b_osto_ns
boutons	9	3	1078	3	b_outo_ns
broomcorns	16	6	161	3	broomcorns
cooldowns	15	4	279	3	cooldowns
downtowns	16	4	293	3	downtowns
hometowns	17	4	365	3	hometowns
lookdowns	17	4	236	3	lookdowns

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.266	20457.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.715	23161.5