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

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

23 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
earflap	12	4	327	(None)
earflaps	13	4	255	1	earflaps
earlap	8	3	718	1	ear_lap
earlaps	9	3	639	2	ear_laps
barfly	14	33	965	3	barfl_y
burlap	10	9	835	3	bur_lap
cowflap	17	4	250	3	cowflap
eardrop	10	6	522	3	eardrop
earful	9	5	896	3	earf_ul
earfuls	10	3	686	3	earfuls
earl	4	58	3814	3	ear_l__
earls	5	61	2751	3	ear_l_s
early	8	53	2412	3	ear_l_y
earplug	10	4	285	3	earplug
earwax	16	6	473	3	ear_wax
farfal	12	34	1018	3	farf_al
farfals	13	26	850	3	farfals
flap	9	61	2870	3	___flap
harelip	12	4	595	3	harelip
jalap	14	36	1247	3	ja__lap
mudflap	15	4	218	3	mudflap
parlay	11	37	1399	3	par_lay
teraflop	13	4	274	3	teraflop

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	134027	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	23	7.093	18895.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.515	23777.9