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

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

23 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
garbage	11	3	805	(None)
garage	8	3	1451	1	gar_age
garbages	12	3	818	1	garbages
garbagey	15	4	337	1	garbagey
garbagy	14	4	424	1	garbagy
ambage	11	5	1060	2	_ambage
barbate	11	3	1454	2	barbate
barrage	10	7	1084	2	barrage
cabbage	14	4	698	2	cabbage
carnage	10	3	1174	2	carnage
cartage	10	3	1259	2	cartage
gambade	13	3	638	2	gambade
gamboge	13	3	558	2	gamboge
garaged	10	3	925	2	gar_aged
garages	9	3	1411	2	gar_ages
garble	9	41	1845	2	garb_le
gasbag	10	3	541	2	gasbag_
gasbags	11	3	547	2	gasbags
gavage	11	3	719	2	ga_vage
herbage	13	3	700	2	herbage
parbake	15	3	835	2	parbake
warpage	13	3	640	2	warpage
yardage	12	3	573	2	yardage

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	2.923	36835.8
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.296	54214.5