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

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

8 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
bobby	11	48	1466	(None)
booby	12	53	1951	1	booby
bubby	11	50	1393	1	bubby
cobby	14	55	1641	1	cobby
dobby	13	60	1363	1	dobby
hobby	15	59	1373	1	hobby
lobby	12	51	1392	1	lobby
nobby	12	55	1346	1	nobby

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	8	0.533	53951.2
3	Display Results	8	8	0.013	615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	0.686	260482.5