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

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

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.

16 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
roughnecks	20	9	190	(None)
roughneck	19	7	226	1	roughneck_
roughbacks	22	5	256	2	roughbacks
roughnecked	22	6	120	2	roughnecked
roughness	13	4	576	2	roughne_ss
longnecks	16	4	232	3	long_necks
ringnecks	16	4	215	3	ring_necks
roughback	21	5	282	3	roughback_
roughens	12	28	689	3	rough_e_ns
roughers	12	32	918	3	rough_e_rs
roughhews	19	4	219	3	roughhe_ws
roughies	12	9	832	3	roughie__s
roughlegs	14	4	258	3	roughle_gs
roughnecking	23	6	107	3	roughnecking
roughnesses	15	10	513	3	roughnesses
toughness	13	5	509	3	toughne_ss

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.673	21070.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.079	25242.4