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

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

14 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
bugleweed	16	4	246	(None)
bugleweeds	17	5	169	1	bugleweeds
bullweed	14	4	475	2	bu_llweed
agueweed	13	4	217	3	_agueweed
blueweed	14	4	404	3	b_lueweed
buggered	13	3	562	3	bugge_red
bugled	10	49	1813	3	bugl___ed
bugseed	11	3	617	3	bug__seed
bulleted	11	3	839	3	bulle_ted
bullweeds	15	4	320	3	bu_llweeds
burweed	13	4	782	3	bu__rweed
butterweed	16	4	306	3	butterweed
gulfweed	16	4	195	3	gu_lfweed
tumbleweed	18	5	175	3	tumbleweed

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	5.906	25167.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.342	28175.8