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

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

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
bowlers	12	37	1578	(None)
bawlers	12	44	1273	1	bawlers
boilers	9	34	1706	1	boilers
bowers	11	55	2370	1	bow_ers
bowlders	14	30	649	1	bowlders
bowlegs	13	36	681	1	bowlegs
bowler	11	42	1731	1	bowler_
bowless	12	33	1031	1	bowless
bowyers	15	43	873	1	bowyers
fowlers	13	34	1120	1	fowlers
howlers	13	33	1235	1	howlers
yowlers	13	32	892	1	yowlers

Search took 2 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	69583	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	12	1.326	52475.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	1.499	119206.8