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

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

20 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
embowers	15	23	645	(None)
embowels	15	22	413	1	embowels
embower	14	26	740	1	embower_
empowers	15	27	684	1	empowers
imbowers	15	29	509	1	imbowers
bowers	11	55	2370	2	__bowers
embers	10	41	1618	2	emb__ers
embodiers	14	4	375	2	embodiers
emborders	14	4	457	2	emborders
embossers	13	4	341	2	embossers
embowed	15	23	690	2	embowe_d
embowel	14	23	534	2	embowe_l
embowered	17	4	341	2	embowered
embows	13	9	682	2	embow__s
emoters	9	47	1287	2	em_oters
empower	14	21	703	2	empower_
endowers	12	3	823	2	endowers
imbower	14	23	566	2	imbower_
impowers	15	29	682	2	impowers
mowers	11	32	1940	2	_m_owers

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.236	37410.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.376	52929.8