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

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

29 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
embow	12	9	756	(None)
elbow	10	11	770	1	elbow
embows	13	9	682	1	embows
ambo	8	82	2514	2	ambo_
ambos	9	53	2125	2	ambos
bow	8	70	5190	2	__bow
ebon	6	68	2110	2	e_bon
elbows	11	9	671	2	elbows
embar	9	40	1160	2	embar
embay	12	34	1060	2	embay
embed	10	50	1430	2	embed
ember	9	55	1680	2	ember
embody	14	3	503	2	embody
emboli	10	3	748	2	emboli
emboly	13	3	672	2	emboly
embosk	14	6	486	2	embosk
emboss	10	8	738	2	emboss
embowed	15	23	690	2	embowed
embowel	14	23	534	2	embowel
embower	14	26	740	2	embower
embrown	14	5	479	2	embrown
endow	9	45	1098	2	endow
enow	7	78	1987	2	e_now
meow	9	51	1788	2	_meow
mow	8	66	5035	2	_m_ow
oxbow	17	3	444	2	oxbow
umbo	8	55	1666	2	umbo_
umbos	9	46	1307	2	umbos
upbow	12	4	561	2	upbow

Search took 2 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	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	29	1.533	35094.6
3	Display Results	29	29	0.013	2230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	29	1.622	110167.1