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

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

14 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
couplings	14	3	554	(None)
coupling	13	3	1078	1	coupling_
codlings	12	31	1010	2	co_dlings
complines	15	3	1283	2	complines
complins	14	3	1311	2	complin_s
copings	12	41	1184	2	co_p_ings
couchings	17	28	576	2	couchings
couping	12	43	1702	2	coup_ing_
couponings	15	4	278	2	couponings
coursings	12	23	587	2	coursings
cowlings	14	35	978	2	co_wlings
cuppings	15	33	605	2	c_uppings
curlings	11	41	1038	2	c_urlings
foulings	12	32	794	2	fou_lings

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	121436	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.906	31089.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.295	41604.4