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

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

21 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
broadband	15	4	302	(None)
broadbands	16	5	291	1	broadbands
broadbean	14	4	267	2	broadbean_
broadbeans	15	5	237	2	broadbeans
browband	16	4	388	2	bro_wband
badland	11	4	765	3	b__adland
breadboard	16	5	288	3	breadboard
broadax	17	4	445	3	broad_a_x
broadaxe	18	4	362	3	broad_axe
broadbill	14	4	324	3	broadbill
broadcast	14	4	487	3	broadcast
broaden	10	28	914	3	broad_en_
broadened	13	6	433	3	broadened
broadens	11	26	723	3	broad_ens
broadtail	12	4	311	3	broadtail
browbands	17	4	339	3	bro_wbands
graduand	11	4	389	3	gr_aduand
headband	15	4	484	3	_headband
proband	12	27	1024	3	pro__band
roadbed	11	3	479	3	_roadb_ed
roband	9	23	1072	3	_ro__band

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	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	6.766	21968.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.952	25703.5