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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “widowbird” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

10 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
widowbird	19	5	121	(None)
widowbirds	20	5	106	1	widowbirds
cowbird	15	3	443	3	__cowbird
snowbird	14	4	337	3	_snowbird
widowed	15	3	484	3	widow__ed
widower	14	3	534	3	widow_er_
widowered	17	4	275	3	widowered
widowers	15	3	511	3	widow_ers
widowhood	20	5	210	3	widowhood
widowing	16	3	518	3	widow_ing

Search took 7 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	10	6.390	23261.5
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	6.796	26293.6