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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “miaow” 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
miaow	10	5	835	(None)
miaou	7	5	1308	1	miaou
miaows	11	4	547	1	miaows
ciao	6	49	2418	2	ciao_
jiao	11	50	1784	2	jiao_
maw	8	70	5010	2	m_a_w
meadow	12	3	740	2	meadow
meow	9	51	1788	2	m_eow
miaous	8	5	1169	2	miaous
miaowed	13	3	388	2	miaowed
miasm	9	12	1109	2	miasm
miaul	7	16	1212	2	miaul
milo	6	55	3610	2	milo_
milos	7	54	2801	2	milos
minnow	11	3	558	2	minnow
minor	7	49	2006	2	minor
miso	6	72	2990	2	miso_
misos	7	65	2329	2	misos
mow	8	66	5035	2	m__ow
widow	12	7	893	2	widow

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	53800	0.690	258972.5
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	20	4.233	12709.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.939	36179.6