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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “brainstorming” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
brainstorming	18	6	132	(None)
brainstormings	19	6	105	1	brainstormings
barnstorming	17	5	158	2	b_arnstorming
brainstorm	14	5	283	3	brainstorm___
brainstormed	17	6	174	3	brainstorm_ed
brainstormer	16	6	179	3	brainstorm_er
brainstormers	17	6	143	3	brainstormers
brainstorms	15	5	248	3	brainstorm__s
transforming	18	5	464	3	tra_nsforming
preinforming	20	7	269	4	prein_forming
rainstorm	11	4	456	4	_rainstorm___
rainstorms	12	4	365	4	_rainstorm__s
ransoming	12	5	651	4	_ra_ns_o_ming
reinforming	17	8	404	4	_rein_forming
transporting	15	5	578	4	tra_nsporting

Search took 6 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	5.000	19004.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.376	33238.7