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

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

10 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
bidding	12	36	1351	(None)
bedding	12	41	1448	1	bedding
biddings	13	39	756	1	biddings
biding	10	47	2079	1	bi_ding
binding	11	38	1938	1	binding
birding	11	40	1492	1	birding
budding	12	37	1240	1	budding
kidding	14	38	977	1	kidding
lidding	10	36	1143	1	lidding
ridding	10	33	1419	1	ridding

Search took 2 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	69583	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	10	1.080	64428.7
3	Display Results	10	10	0.013	769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	1.406	127091.7