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

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

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
footcloth	17	5	269	(None)
footcloths	18	5	208	1	footcloths
floorcloth	18	6	139	2	floorcloth
dropcloth	17	5	189	3	dropcloth
facecloth	19	5	288	3	facecloth
floorcloths	19	6	125	3	floorcloths
footbath	16	6	401	3	foot_bath
footnote	11	4	493	3	foot_note
footpath	16	6	384	3	foot_path
footslog	12	4	266	3	footslo_g
footslogs	13	4	272	3	footslogs
loincloth	14	6	186	3	loincloth
longcloth	15	5	233	3	longcloth
oilcloth	13	4	278	3	_oilcloth

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.220	23897.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.640	26911.3