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

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

13 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
bowerbird	17	5	208	(None)
bowerbirds	18	5	145	1	bowerbirds
bluebird	13	4	346	3	blue_bird
boobird	12	3	523	3	bo__obird
bowered	13	31	1304	3	bower__ed
boweries	13	3	1229	3	bower_ies
bowering	14	29	1171	3	bower_ing
cowbird	15	3	443	3	cow__bird
lovebird	14	4	264	3	love_bird
ovenbird	14	4	261	3	_ovenbird
overbid	13	27	1027	3	_overbi_d
overgird	13	3	618	3	_overgird
waterbird	15	5	450	3	waterbird

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	0.466	383457.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	6.580	22589.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.046	25360.6