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

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

18 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
rainstorm	11	4	456	(None)
brainstorm	14	5	283	1	brainstorm
rainstorms	12	4	365	1	rainstorms
barnstorm	13	4	394	2	barnstorm
brainstorms	15	5	248	2	brainstorms
hailstorm	14	4	306	2	hailstorm
barnstorms	14	4	296	3	barnstorms
brainstem	13	5	299	3	brainst_em
brainstormed	17	6	174	3	brainstormed
brainstormer	16	6	179	3	brainstormer
hailstorms	15	5	241	3	hailstorms
rainspout	11	5	391	3	rainspout
ransom	8	24	1094	3	ra_ns_o_m
reinform	13	4	619	3	rein_form
ringworm	14	4	467	3	r_ingworm
sandstorm	12	5	400	3	sandstorm
transform	14	4	619	3	tra_nsform
windstorm	15	4	270	3	_windstorm

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	148641	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	7.470	19898.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.940	22505.2