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

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

15 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
ladybugs	15	4	143	(None)
ladybug	14	4	147	1	ladybug_
bedbugs	13	19	350	3	bed_bugs
debugs	10	46	782	3	__debugs
ladanums	11	4	360	3	ladanums
ladings	9	38	1413	3	lad_ings
ladybird	15	4	215	3	ladybird
ladybirds	16	4	210	3	ladybirds
ladykins	16	4	360	3	ladykins
layouts	10	4	648	3	la_youts
layups	11	3	399	3	la_y_ups
lovebugs	14	4	187	3	lovebugs
mealybugs	17	5	92	3	mealybugs
mudbugs	13	4	285	3	mud_bugs
redbugs	11	13	446	3	red_bugs

Search took 8 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	146162	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	15	7.546	19369.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.715	23161.5