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

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

23 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
buhlworks	21	6	318	(None)
buhlwork	20	7	352	1	buhlwork_
bulwarks	17	4	413	2	bu_lwarks
busyworks	21	4	337	2	busyworks
beadworks	19	4	572	3	beadworks
bellworts	14	4	537	3	bellworts
bodyworks	22	4	382	3	bodyworks
bollworms	16	4	386	3	bollworms
brushworks	22	5	283	3	brushworks
budworms	16	4	432	3	bu_dworms
bullhorns	14	4	396	3	bullhorns
bullocks	16	3	629	3	bu_llocks
bulwark	16	4	521	3	bu_lwark_
busywork	20	4	384	3	busywork_
buzzwords	23	5	171	3	buzzwords
byworks	19	4	454	3	b__yworks
cutworks	17	16	600	3	cu_tworks
ductworks	19	4	335	3	ductworks
millworks	18	4	509	3	millworks
outworks	15	14	897	3	ou_tworks
quillworks	26	5	194	3	quillworks
tubeworks	18	4	423	3	tubeworks
woolworks	19	5	439	3	woolworks

Search took 9 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	23	7.563	19653.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	8.015	22294.6