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

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

16 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
maggots	11	3	655	(None)
faggots	12	3	485	1	faggots
maggot	10	3	1170	1	maggot_
maggoty	14	4	400	1	maggoty
magots	9	3	1236	1	ma_gots
argots	7	41	1602	2	_argots
faggot	11	3	904	2	faggot_
faggoty	15	4	285	2	faggoty
fagots	10	3	996	2	fa_gots
magnets	10	3	1114	2	magnets
magot	8	3	2639	2	ma_got_
mangoes	10	43	1613	2	mangoes
mangos	9	43	1933	2	mango_s
marmots	11	3	1151	2	marmots
mascots	11	39	1034	2	mascots
waggons	12	3	550	2	waggons

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	107671	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	4.203	25617.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.345	41125.7