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

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

21 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
garbages	12	3	818	(None)
garages	9	3	1411	1	gar_ages
garbage	11	3	805	1	garbage_
garbagey	15	4	337	1	garbagey
ambages	12	6	962	2	_ambages
barrages	11	7	1108	2	barrages
cabbages	15	3	720	2	cabbages
carnages	11	3	1221	2	carnages
cartages	11	3	1331	2	cartages
gambades	14	3	586	2	gambades
gamboges	14	3	565	2	gamboges
garage	8	3	1451	2	gar_age_
garaged	10	3	925	2	gar_aged
garbagy	14	4	424	2	garbag_y
garbles	10	40	1692	2	garb_les
gasbags	11	3	547	2	gasbag_s
gavages	12	3	768	2	ga_vages
herbages	14	3	709	2	herbages
parbakes	16	3	834	2	parbakes
warpages	14	3	705	2	warpages
yardages	13	3	620	2	yardages

Search took 9 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	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	7.580	15970.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.392	21293.0