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

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

18 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
doddery	13	51	685	(None)
dodder	9	47	1291	1	dodder_
dodders	10	55	1179	1	dodders
dodgery	13	62	778	1	dodgery
codder	10	44	1633	2	codder_
codders	11	41	1444	2	codders
doddered	12	3	494	2	doddered
dodderer	11	4	420	2	dodderer
dodger	9	58	1704	2	dodger_
dodgers	10	52	1382	2	dodgers
doggery	13	44	826	2	doggery
dowery	13	43	1166	2	do_wery
fodder	11	47	1211	2	fodder_
fodders	12	40	1075	2	fodders
nodder	8	48	1194	2	nodder_
nodders	9	44	1025	2	nodders
odder	7	45	1539	2	_odder_
powdery	16	39	612	2	powdery

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	107671	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.330	32333.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.486	51259.6