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

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

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.

22 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
dayflower	19	4	254	(None)
dayflowers	20	5	241	1	dayflowers
mayflower	20	4	272	1	mayflower
deflower	15	12	608	2	d_eflower
mayflowers	21	5	247	2	mayflowers
safflower	18	4	299	2	safflower
beflower	16	16	628	3	_beflower
callower	13	15	907	3	ca_llower
dayflies	15	3	446	3	dayfl_ies
dayglow	15	4	184	3	dayglow__
dayglows	16	4	195	3	dayglow_s
deflowers	16	14	564	3	d_eflowers
flower	12	48	1550	3	___flower
foamflower	21	5	211	3	foamflower
hallower	14	13	982	3	ha_llower
reflower	14	12	685	3	_reflower
safflowers	19	4	280	3	safflowers
sallower	11	13	950	3	sa_llower
starflower	16	7	256	3	starflower
sunflower	15	6	355	3	sunflower
wallflower	19	5	254	3	wallflower
wallower	14	15	894	3	wa_llower

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	6.986	21277.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.419	24085.6