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

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

17 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
reavow	12	3	572	(None)
reavows	13	3	527	1	reavows
avow	10	78	1646	2	__avow
meadow	12	3	740	2	meadow
reason	6	26	1633	2	reason
reave	8	45	2802	2	reav_e
reaved	10	45	2392	2	reaved
reaver	9	45	2473	2	reaver
reaves	9	41	2757	2	reaves
reavowed	15	3	467	2	reavowed
reflow	12	37	965	2	reflow
reglow	10	33	940	2	reglow
regrow	10	30	988	2	regrow
renvoi	9	4	586	2	renvoi
replow	11	42	1034	2	replow
reshow	12	31	1143	2	reshow
resow	8	82	1724	2	re_sow

Search took 4 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	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	3.406	24236.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.532	50592.0