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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “grandpas” 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
grandpas	12	3	600	(None)
grandmas	12	3	692	1	grandmas
grandpa	11	3	541	1	grandpa_
grampas	12	39	925	2	gra_mpas
grandad	10	3	845	2	grand_ad
grandads	11	3	655	2	grandads
grandam	11	3	939	2	grand_am
grandams	12	3	712	2	grandams
granddad	12	4	425	2	granddad
granddads	13	4	346	2	granddads
granddam	13	4	469	2	granddam
granddams	14	4	348	2	granddams
grandees	10	32	1128	2	grandees
grandma	11	3	691	2	grandma_
grandpapa	15	5	202	2	grandpapa
grandpapas	16	5	195	2	grandpapas
grands	8	42	1824	2	grand__s
granitas	9	26	1022	2	granitas
granolas	9	3	805	2	granolas
grappas	12	35	710	2	gra_ppas

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	4.283	28265.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.673	38239.0