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

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

22 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
songbirds	13	4	277	(None)
songbird	12	4	323	1	songbird_
hangbirds	16	4	293	2	hangbirds
kingbirds	17	8	252	2	kingbirds
snowbirds	15	4	295	2	snowbirds
sunbirds	11	4	390	2	sun_birds
boobirds	13	4	418	3	bo_obirds
cowbirds	16	4	404	3	co_wbirds
engirds	9	9	505	3	_eng_irds
hangbird	15	4	322	3	hangbird_
kingbird	16	6	303	3	kingbird_
lovebirds	15	4	226	3	lovebirds
moundbirds	16	5	164	3	moundbirds
oilbirds	11	4	318	3	_oilbirds
pongids	11	34	741	3	pong_i_ds
seabirds	11	6	440	3	s_eabirds
shorebirds	16	5	252	3	shorebirds
snowbird	14	4	337	3	snowbird_
songbooks	16	4	341	3	songbooks
sunbird	10	4	474	3	sun_bird_
surfbirds	15	4	216	3	surfbirds
ungirds	9	10	530	3	_ung_irds

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.516	19776.6
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.955	22462.7