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

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

25 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
towhee	12	26	1388	(None)
towhees	13	27	779	1	towhees
townee	9	28	1521	1	townee
nowhere	13	3	721	2	nowhere
thee	7	80	3906	2	t__hee
tocher	11	40	1491	2	tocher
toffee	12	33	1101	2	toffee
topee	7	60	2995	2	to_pee
tophe	10	67	1897	2	toph_e
tophes	11	52	1842	2	tophes
toshes	9	45	2010	2	toshes
tother	9	41	1714	2	tother
toupee	8	3	1613	2	toupee
towage	10	3	983	2	towage
towed	9	51	3458	2	tow_ed
towel	8	49	2052	2	tow_el
tower	8	57	2920	2	tow_er
towhead	14	3	522	2	towhead
towie	8	58	2187	2	tow_ie
towies	9	35	2119	2	towies
townees	10	26	978	2	townees
townie	9	33	1230	2	townie
trochee	12	26	1388	2	trochee
twee	7	68	2708	2	t_w_ee
whee	10	54	2959	2	__whee

Search took 3 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	82551	0.340	525561.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.173	37989.4
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	2.529	70656.8