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

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

24 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
cowherd	16	3	695	(None)
cowherb	17	3	510	1	cowherb
cowherds	17	3	542	1	cowherds
bowhead	16	3	643	2	bowhead
cohead	12	38	1112	2	co_head
cohere	11	27	1699	2	co_here
cohered	13	35	1469	2	co_hered
coshed	12	42	1754	2	coshe_d
cosher	11	48	1990	2	cosher_
coshered	14	6	1029	2	coshered
coshers	12	36	1817	2	coshers
coward	12	4	1167	2	cow_ard
cowbird	15	3	443	2	cowbird
cowed	11	56	3784	2	cow_e_d
cower	10	45	3177	2	cow_er_
cowered	13	32	1464	2	cow_ered
cowers	11	46	2553	2	cow_ers
cowhand	16	6	593	2	cowhand
cowherbs	18	3	354	2	cowherbs
cowier	11	36	1616	2	cowier_
cowled	12	52	1838	2	cowle_d
cowshed	16	3	777	2	cowshe_d
nowhere	13	3	720	2	nowhere
towhead	14	3	522	2	towhead

Search took 10 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	107671	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	8.656	12438.9
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	9.095	19647.2