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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “follower” 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
follower	14	13	707	(None)
followed	15	14	627	1	followed
followers	15	14	618	1	followers
hollower	14	12	739	1	hollower
bellower	13	15	906	2	bellower
callower	13	15	907	2	callower
fallowed	15	12	775	2	fallowed
fellowed	15	13	683	2	fellowed
flower	12	48	1550	2	f__lower
follow	12	40	1035	2	follow__
follows	13	40	992	2	follow_s
followup	16	4	217	2	followup
hallower	14	13	981	2	hallower
hollowed	15	15	702	2	hollowed
mellower	13	16	740	2	mellower
rollover	11	4	445	2	rollover
sallower	11	13	950	2	sallower
wallower	14	15	893	2	wallower
willower	14	12	745	2	willower
yellower	14	18	621	2	yellower

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.186	37997.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.592	49746.9