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

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

12 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
highballed	20	5	205	(None)
highball	17	4	389	2	highball__
highballs	18	4	364	2	highball_s
hightailed	18	5	281	2	hightailed
gimballed	15	4	267	3	gi_mballed
highballing	21	5	177	3	highballing
highbred	18	4	337	3	highb__red
highbrowed	23	6	169	3	highbrowed
highjacked	31	5	176	3	highjacked
mothballed	18	5	188	3	mothballed
pinballed	14	4	403	3	pi_nballed
signalled	11	4	384	3	sig_nalled

Search took 10 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	8.656	16243.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	9.062	19718.7