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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “floorcloths” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
floorcloths	19	6	125	(None)
floorcloth	18	6	139	1	floorcloth_
footcloths	18	5	208	2	f_ootcloths
footcloth	17	5	269	3	f_ootcloth_
loincloths	15	6	176	3	_loincloths
longcloths	16	5	189	3	_longcloths
broadcloths	19	5	162	4	broadcloths
dropcloths	18	5	151	4	_dropcloths
facecloths	20	5	230	4	f_acecloths
floorless	12	4	379	4	floor_l_ess
floorshows	19	5	157	4	floorsho_ws
haircloths	18	5	246	4	_haircloths
loincloth	14	6	186	4	_loincloth_
longcloth	15	5	233	4	_longcloth_
oilcloths	14	5	234	4	__oilcloths

Search took 10 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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	15	8.580	17344.9
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	9.032	19784.2