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

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

17 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
dotards	9	3	725	(None)
dotard	8	3	905	1	dotard_
boards	9	46	1693	2	bo_ards
boyards	13	39	932	2	boyards
costards	11	35	1079	2	costards
cowards	13	3	961	2	cowards
dastards	10	27	808	2	dastards
dotages	9	23	1179	2	dotages
dotardly	13	4	384	2	dotardly
doters	7	44	2391	2	doter_s
hoards	10	49	1262	2	ho_ards
holards	11	4	843	2	holards
leotards	9	4	530	2	leotards
petards	10	43	1115	2	petards
retards	8	50	1500	2	retards
ritards	8	43	994	2	ritards
towards	11	3	878	2	towards

Search took 4 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	107671	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.545	50406.5