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

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

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
cockneys	19	3	449	(None)
cockney	18	3	587	1	cockney_
cockers	15	36	1833	2	cock_ers
cockeye	18	6	722	2	cock_eye
cockeyes	19	6	703	2	cock_eyes
cockiness	17	24	878	2	cockiness
cockles	15	34	1464	2	cockle_s
cockneyfy	26	5	131	2	cockneyfy
cockneyish	24	5	140	2	cockneyish
cockneyism	23	5	166	2	cockneyism
coneys	11	52	1842	2	co__neys
cookeys	16	47	850	2	cook_eys
hackneys	20	3	368	2	hackneys
hockeys	19	50	927	2	hock_eys
jockeys	23	36	595	2	jock_eys

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.796	31891.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.218	42363.9