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

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

13 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
almsgivings	18	7	77	(None)
almsgiving	17	6	120	1	almsgiving_
almsgivers	16	5	87	3	almsgiv_ers
lawgivings	18	5	143	3	_lawgivings
misgivings	17	4	241	3	_misgivings
almsgiver	15	5	84	4	almsgiv__er
caregivings	18	5	141	4	caregivings
gaingivings	17	12	117	4	gaingivings
lawgiving	17	6	214	4	_lawgiving_
livings	11	40	892	4	_l___ivings
misgiving	16	4	559	4	_misgiving_
outgivings	15	4	233	4	_outgivings
thanksgivings	25	6	53	4	thanksgivings

Search took 9 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	148819	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	13	7.686	19362.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.108	22038.9