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

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

27 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
needle	7	33	1061	(None)
needled	9	35	851	1	needled
needler	8	38	889	1	needler
needles	8	32	1156	1	needles
beadle	9	33	1468	2	beadle
beetle	8	3	1167	2	beetle
feeble	11	3	825	2	feeble
heddle	11	42	1116	2	heddle
meddle	10	33	1276	2	meddle
nebule	8	4	875	2	nebule
need	5	49	3415	2	need__
needed	8	41	1444	2	needed
needer	7	36	1495	2	needer
needier	8	40	1062	2	needier
needily	11	6	632	2	needily
needlers	9	28	742	2	needlers
needless	9	30	833	2	needless
needs	6	57	1963	2	need_s
needy	9	46	1469	2	need_y
nestle	6	30	1395	2	nestle
nettle	6	45	1458	2	nettle
noddle	8	32	1136	2	noddle
noodle	7	32	1254	2	noodle
peddle	10	35	1282	2	peddle
reddle	8	38	1591	2	reddle
tweedle	11	3	419	2	tweedle
wheedle	14	3	482	2	wheedle

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	27	2.220	37185.1
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.563	69719.5