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

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

20 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
spearwort	14	4	471	(None)
spearworts	15	4	285	1	spearworts
starwort	11	9	867	2	s_tarwort
swearword	16	4	234	2	swearword
earworm	12	3	873	3	__earworm
fleawort	14	4	701	3	flea_wort
leadwort	12	4	747	3	_leadwort
pearwood	14	4	483	3	_pearwood
seaport	9	3	1559	3	s_ea_port
seatwork	15	4	677	3	s_eatwork
soapwort	13	4	754	3	s_oapwort
spanworm	15	4	419	3	sp_anworm
spearer	9	39	1366	3	spear_er_
spearers	10	37	1114	3	spear_ers
spearmint	13	6	598	3	spearmint
spiderwort	16	5	317	3	spiderwort
spleenwort	15	5	209	3	spleenwort
starworts	12	10	526	3	s_tarworts
superport	13	4	1070	3	supe_rport
swearwords	17	5	229	3	swearwords

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	148641	0.160	1116818.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	8.200	18127.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.376	21333.7