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

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

23 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
seafloor	11	4	332	(None)
seafloors	12	4	305	1	seafloors
seafood	11	4	615	2	seaf_ood
subfloor	13	12	290	2	subfloor
floor	8	42	1523	3	___floor
realtor	7	36	1135	3	rea_ltor
reflood	11	3	636	3	re_flood
sailor	6	31	1375	3	s_ail_or
saloon	6	44	1802	3	s_a_loon
saloop	8	42	1258	3	s_a_loop
salvor	9	47	1109	3	s_a_lvor
santoor	7	3	743	3	s_antoor
seaboot	9	5	1233	3	sea_boot
seafarer	11	4	484	3	seafarer
seafoods	12	4	567	3	seafoods
seafowl	13	4	391	3	seaf_owl
seafront	11	4	802	3	seafront
sealer	6	39	2896	3	sea_l_er
selfhood	15	4	379	3	selfhood
serfhood	15	4	429	3	serfhood
settlor	7	31	473	3	settl_or
shalloon	11	4	568	3	shalloon
subfloors	14	11	261	3	subfloors

Search took 9 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	146162	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	23	7.890	18525.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	8.346	21410.4