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

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

12 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
sputter	9	40	1405	(None)
putter	8	39	2144	1	_putter
scutter	9	35	1217	1	scutter
shutter	10	37	1214	1	shutter
spatter	9	40	1652	1	spatter
spitter	9	40	1518	1	spitter
splutter	10	35	744	1	splutter
spotter	9	45	1488	1	spotter
spurter	9	40	1300	1	spurter
sputters	10	40	1287	1	sputters
sputtery	13	36	647	1	sputtery
stutter	7	29	1146	1	stutter

Search took 2 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	69583	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	12	1.263	55093.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	1.593	112172.6