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

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

9 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
snickers	14	30	1096	(None)
knickers	13	30	672	1	knickers
nickers	13	44	1509	1	_nickers
shickers	17	30	1282	1	shickers
slickers	14	31	1255	1	slickers
snackers	14	30	1022	1	snackers
snicker	13	30	1267	1	snicker_
snickery	17	29	554	1	snickery
stickers	14	29	1303	1	stickers

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	82945	0.686	260482.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82945	9	2.986	27778.0
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	3.672	48663.1