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

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

12 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
birthdays	18	5	168	(None)
birthday	17	4	233	1	birthday_
berthas	12	39	876	3	berth_a_s
birthings	15	25	462	3	birthings
birthmark	20	8	199	3	birthmark
birthmarks	21	8	173	3	birthmarks
birthname	16	5	185	3	birthname
birthnames	17	5	158	3	birthnames
birthrate	14	4	530	3	birthrate
birthrates	15	4	502	3	birthrates
births	11	57	1360	3	birth___s
widthways	22	5	179	3	widthways

Search took 7 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	6.313	23545.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.749	26476.7