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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “roughnecking” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

12 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
roughnecking	23	6	107	(None)
roughening	15	4	339	3	rough_e_ning
roughhewing	22	5	101	3	roughhe_wing
roughneck	19	7	226	3	roughneck___
roughnecked	22	6	120	3	roughneck_ed
roughnecks	20	9	190	3	roughneck__s
rechecking	22	4	446	4	r_ech_ecking
roughcasting	19	10	84	4	roughcasting
roughdrying	20	5	73	4	rough_drying
roughhousing	20	6	84	4	roughhousing
roughing	13	27	834	4	rough____ing
toughening	15	4	291	4	tough_e_ning

Search took 7 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	6.516	19151.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.906	25874.7