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

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

14 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
abridger	12	4	380	(None)
abridge	11	3	569	1	abridge_
abridged	13	4	390	1	abridged
abridgers	13	4	329	1	abridgers
abridges	12	4	530	1	abridges
abider	9	53	1446	2	ab_id_er
abrader	10	3	864	2	abrad_er
acrider	10	3	862	2	acrid_er
arider	7	47	1774	2	a_rid_er
bridge	10	37	1188	2	_bridge_
bridged	12	33	903	2	_bridged
bridges	11	39	1133	2	_bridges
bridler	10	38	1107	2	_bridler
bringer	10	42	1335	2	_bringer

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.280	36908.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.672	48663.1