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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “knobby” 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
knobby	17	3	271	(None)
knobbly	18	4	287	1	knobbly
knubby	17	4	278	1	knubby
nobby	12	55	1346	1	_nobby
snobby	13	3	440	1	snobby
bobby	11	48	1466	2	_bobby
cobby	14	55	1641	2	_cobby
dobby	13	60	1363	2	_dobby
globby	14	3	468	2	globby
hobby	15	59	1373	2	_hobby
knob	10	74	1701	2	kno_b_
knobbed	16	3	371	2	knobbed
knobs	11	51	971	2	kno_bs
knolly	13	33	613	2	knolly
knotty	13	31	522	2	knotty
lobby	12	51	1392	2	_lobby
nobly	10	53	1440	2	_nobly
nubby	12	50	1103	2	_nubby
slobby	13	3	480	2	slobby
snubby	13	4	453	2	snubby

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.376	34743.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.719	65719.4