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

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

16 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
bridgings	14	25	429	(None)
bridging	13	28	844	1	bridging_
abridging	14	4	385	2	abridging_
biddings	13	39	756	2	b_iddings
biggings	13	32	747	2	b_iggings
birdings	12	37	882	2	bird_ings
braidings	13	28	590	2	braid_ings
bridling	12	26	1058	2	bridling_
briefings	15	4	373	2	briefings
bringing	12	30	1127	2	bringing_
brislings	12	23	636	2	brislings
dredgings	13	25	295	2	dredgings
ridging	10	41	1298	2	_ridging_
ridglings	12	21	418	2	_ridglings
ridings	9	34	1209	2	_rid_ings
riggings	11	32	713	2	_riggings

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	16	3.126	38847.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.516	50822.2