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

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

18 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
ambush	13	3	611	(None)
abash	10	60	1651	2	a_bash
ablush	11	4	722	2	ablush
abuse	7	71	1956	2	a_buse
ambos	9	53	2125	2	ambos_
ambushed	16	4	446	2	ambushed
ambusher	15	4	411	2	ambusher
ambushes	15	3	580	2	ambushes
amus	6	55	2961	2	am_us_
amuse	7	59	2083	2	am_use
ankush	13	11	443	2	ankush
bush	9	66	3071	2	__bush
hagbush	16	4	262	2	hagbush
iambus	10	46	890	2	iambus_
maybush	17	4	245	2	maybush
mush	9	49	2912	2	_m_ush
smush	10	44	1058	2	sm_ush
tarbush	12	3	417	2	tarbush

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.296	35954.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.419	73869.8