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

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

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.

14 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
fireballers	16	13	250	(None)
fireballer	15	12	298	1	fireballer_
fireballs	14	12	649	2	fireball__s
fastballers	16	5	173	3	fastballers
fireball	13	12	726	3	fireball___
fireballing	17	4	264	3	fireballing
firebases	14	4	658	3	fireba_se_s
firehalls	15	10	517	3	firehall__s
firewalls	15	12	535	3	firewall__s
firewaters	16	4	432	3	firewa_ters
footballers	16	5	223	3	footballers
forestallers	15	5	250	3	forestallers
foretellers	14	6	284	3	foretellers
recallers	11	3	710	3	__recallers

Search took 5 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	4.546	26756.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.952	36084.6