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

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

24 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
elbow	10	11	771	(None)
elbows	11	9	672	1	elbows
embow	12	9	756	1	embow
allow	8	54	2066	2	allow
alow	7	53	2859	2	al_ow
bellow	11	42	1335	2	bellow
below	10	46	1719	2	bel_ow
blow	9	58	2719	2	bl_ow
bow	8	70	5190	2	__bow
ebon	6	68	2110	2	e_bon
elbowed	13	23	548	2	elbowed
embows	13	9	682	2	embows
endow	9	45	1098	2	endow
enow	7	78	1987	2	e_now
fellow	12	37	1274	2	fellow
flow	10	59	2492	2	fl_ow
glow	8	52	2252	2	gl_ow
low	6	60	5187	2	_l_ow
mellow	11	41	1222	2	mellow
oxbow	17	3	444	2	oxbow
plow	9	59	2323	2	pl_ow
slow	7	77	2949	2	sl_ow
upbow	12	4	561	2	upbow
yellow	12	42	988	2	yellow

Search took 3 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	53800	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	24	1.720	31279.1
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.046	87336.8