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

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

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
brainish	13	3	881	(None)
brinish	12	3	996	1	br_inish
bairnish	13	4	547	2	b_airnish
banish	11	14	1604	2	b_a_nish
brackish	19	8	761	2	brackish
brainiac	12	4	563	2	brainiac
brainier	10	25	1023	2	brainier
brainiest	11	20	972	2	brainiest
brainily	13	3	731	2	brainily
braining	11	34	1468	2	braining
brains	8	51	2547	2	brain_s_
brainwash	17	4	266	2	brainwash
brandish	14	6	902	2	brandish
brassish	13	4	643	2	brassish
brattish	13	4	697	2	brattish
brownish	16	4	564	2	brownish
swainish	14	4	475	2	swainish

Search took 5 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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.983	30393.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.452	40137.2