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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “earthworms” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
earthworms	18	5	288	(None)
earthworks	20	4	356	1	earthworks
earthworm	17	4	323	1	earthworm_
earthwards	17	5	313	2	earthwards
earthwork	19	4	369	2	earthwor_k
earworms	13	4	678	2	ear__worms
heartworms	18	4	288	2	heart_worms
armyworms	19	4	233	3	_armyworms
artworks	15	4	652	3	_art_works
birthworts	18	5	235	3	birthworts
earthborn	14	4	313	3	earthbor_n
earthward	16	4	345	3	earthwar_d
earworm	12	3	874	3	ear__worm_
heartworm	17	4	332	3	heart_worm_
lathworks	19	4	519	3	la_thworks

Search took 7 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	5.986	23488.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.406	27894.3