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

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

12 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
earworm	12	3	874	(None)
earworms	13	4	678	1	earworms
bagworm	15	6	635	2	bagworm
earthworm	17	4	323	2	earthworm
eelworm	12	4	552	2	eelworm
hairworm	16	4	454	2	hairworm
heartworm	17	4	332	2	heartworm
leafworm	16	5	391	2	leafworm
mealworm	15	4	462	2	mealworm
warwork	17	5	758	2	warwork
warworn	13	5	735	2	warworn
waxworm	22	6	457	2	waxworm

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	12	3.346	32179.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.732	47880.8