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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “downgrades” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
downgrades	16	5	272	(None)
downgrade	15	4	309	1	downgrade_
downgraded	17	5	217	1	downgraded
degrades	11	26	992	3	d__egrades
downdrafts	18	5	175	3	downdrafts
downgrading	18	6	181	3	downgrading
downloaded	16	5	218	3	downloaded
downloads	14	4	360	3	download_s
downscales	16	5	328	3	downscales
downsides	14	4	481	3	down_sides
downslides	15	4	275	3	downslides
downstages	15	4	329	3	downstages
downstates	14	4	434	3	downstates
downwards	17	4	383	3	downward_s
nongraded	12	4	486	3	no_ngraded

Search took 6 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	5.266	26700.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.688	31415.4