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

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

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.

10 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
folksinger	18	5	126	(None)
folksingers	19	5	140	1	folksingers
folksier	15	3	353	2	folksi__er
flinger	11	37	1051	3	f_l__inger
folkier	14	35	904	3	folk_i__er
folksiness	17	4	357	3	folksiness
folksinging	20	11	139	3	folksinging
folksong	16	4	246	3	folksong__
folksongs	17	4	178	3	folksong_s
forefinger	17	10	333	3	forefinger

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	10	5.843	24063.5
3	Display Results	10	10	0.013	769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	6.279	28458.5