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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gillyflowers” 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
gillyflowers	22	6	120	(None)
gillyflower	21	6	123	1	gillyflower_
bellflowers	19	5	226	3	bell_flowers
wallflowers	20	5	240	3	wall_flowers
wildflowers	21	11	266	3	wi_ldflowers
bellflower	18	5	240	4	bell_flower_
cauliflowers	20	6	146	4	cauliflowers
dayflowers	20	5	241	4	__dayflowers
globeflowers	21	6	111	4	globeflowers
mayflowers	21	5	247	4	__mayflowers
wallflower	19	5	253	4	wall_flower_
wildflower	20	11	274	4	wi_ldflower_
willowers	15	16	669	4	wi_l__lowers
willpowers	18	4	289	4	will__powers
windflowers	21	11	275	4	wi_ndflowers

Search took 8 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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	15	6.716	18581.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.125	25079.4