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

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

19 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
fribbling	17	3	367	(None)
dribbling	15	3	371	1	dribbling
brabbling	13	3	496	2	brabbling
cribbing	15	27	684	2	cribb_ing
dibbling	14	24	733	2	_dibbling
drabbling	15	4	455	2	drabbling
dribbing	14	32	588	2	dribb_ing
fibbing	15	33	946	2	f_ibb_ing
frilling	12	30	1149	2	fri_lling
frivoling	16	4	449	2	frivoling
frizzling	21	5	311	2	frizzling
grabbling	15	6	458	2	grabbling
kibbling	17	22	570	2	_kibbling
nibbling	13	25	650	2	_nibbling
quibbling	23	4	282	2	quibbling
rabbling	13	23	933	2	_rabbling
ribbing	12	31	1195	2	_ribb_ing
rubbling	13	23	807	2	_rubbling
scribbling	17	4	255	2	scribbling

Search took 4 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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	3.393	35790.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.796	47073.5