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

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

22 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
bedstraws	15	4	240	(None)
bedstraw	14	4	325	1	bedstraw_
bedsteads	13	5	269	2	bedsteads
bestrews	13	3	560	2	be_strews
bestrows	13	3	704	2	be_strows
bedsores	11	5	763	3	bedsor_es
bedspreads	16	5	180	3	bedspreads
bedstand	12	4	433	3	bedst_and
bedstands	13	4	350	3	bedstands
bedstead	12	5	340	3	bedstea_d
beshrews	16	4	316	3	be_shrews
besteads	11	30	711	3	be_steads
bestows	12	4	886	3	be_st_ows
bestrew	12	4	800	3	be_strew_
bestrewn	13	4	332	3	be_strewn
bestrow	12	3	724	3	be_strow_
bestrown	13	4	519	3	be_strown
betrays	12	12	782	3	be__trays
estrays	10	52	940	3	_e_strays
redraws	11	21	847	3	red__raws
redstarts	10	4	424	3	redstarts
straws	9	87	1867	3	___straws

Search took 8 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	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.530	19739.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.719	23149.5