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

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

15 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
windowed	16	3	557	(None)
indowed	12	3	744	1	_indowed
widowed	15	3	484	1	wi_dowed
windrowed	17	4	371	1	windrowed
winnowed	15	4	347	1	winnowed
endowed	12	4	817	2	_endowed
widower	14	3	534	2	wi_dower
willowed	15	15	676	2	willowed
winded	11	49	1821	2	wind__ed
windled	12	37	1348	2	wind_led
window	13	4	736	2	window__
windows	14	4	774	2	window_s
windowy	17	4	464	2	window_y
windrower	16	4	422	2	windrower
winnower	14	4	425	2	winnower

Search took 5 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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.796	31891.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.185	42698.0