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

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

14 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
footballers	16	5	223	(None)
footballer	15	5	299	1	footballer_
fastballers	16	5	173	2	fastballers
footballs	14	4	536	2	football__s
softballers	16	5	168	2	softballers
broomballers	18	6	109	3	broomballers
fastballer	15	5	197	3	fastballer_
fireballers	16	13	250	3	fireballers
foosballs	14	4	402	3	foosball__s
football	13	4	561	3	football___
footfalls	15	4	459	3	footfall__s
footlers	11	39	1079	3	foot___lers
footwalls	15	4	438	3	footwall__s
softballer	15	5	208	3	softballer_

Search took 5 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	121633	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	4.626	26293.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.782	37367.4