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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “smoulder” 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
smoulder	11	3	344	(None)
moulder	10	38	980	1	_moulder
shoulder	12	3	475	1	shoulder
smolder	10	32	775	1	smo_lder
smoulders	12	4	314	1	smoulders
boulder	10	34	1134	2	_boulder
molder	9	38	1927	2	_mo_lder
moulded	11	34	806	2	_moulded
moulders	11	34	834	2	_moulders
mouldier	11	5	496	2	_mouldier
moulter	9	38	1242	2	_moulter
scolder	10	32	1034	2	sco_lder
shoulders	13	3	423	2	shoulders
smolders	11	28	719	2	smo_lders
smouldered	14	4	196	2	smouldered
solder	7	39	2134	2	s_o_lder
sounder	8	33	1538	2	s_ounder

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.406	35542.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.812	46875.9