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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “leatherleaves” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

13 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
leatherleaves	19	6	147	(None)
leatherettes	15	5	260	3	leather_ettes
leatherleaf	17	26	226	3	leatherlea__f
featheredges	20	7	260	4	feather_edges
featherheaded	24	6	186	4	featherheaded
featherheads	22	5	259	4	featherhea_ds
featherless	17	4	391	4	featherle__ss
interleaves	14	4	705	4	_int_erleaves
leatherbacks	23	6	209	4	leather_backs
leatherette	14	5	299	4	leather_ette_
leatherlike	18	5	284	4	leatherl_ike_
leathernecks	21	6	154	4	leatherne_cks
liverleaves	17	5	129	4	l__iverleaves

Search took 6 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	5.326	17841.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.702	31338.3