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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ladybirds” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

22 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
ladybirds	16	4	210	(None)
ladybird	15	4	215	1	ladybird_
jaybirds	21	4	282	2	ja_ybirds
maybirds	16	4	332	2	ma_ybirds
blackbirds	21	4	325	3	blackbirds
catbirds	13	4	420	3	ca_tbirds
fatbirds	14	4	341	3	fa_tbirds
hangbirds	16	4	293	3	hangbirds
jailbirds	19	4	261	3	jailbirds
jaybird	20	4	312	3	ja_ybird_
ladybugs	15	4	143	3	ladyb_ugs
ladyhoods	17	4	294	3	ladyhoods
ladykins	16	4	360	3	ladyki_ns
lairds	7	47	1161	3	la___irds
lanyards	12	6	639	3	lany_ards
lovebirds	15	4	226	3	lovebirds
lyrebirds	15	4	199	3	lyrebirds
maybird	15	4	399	3	ma_ybird_
railbirds	12	4	321	3	railbirds
rainbirds	12	4	286	3	rainbirds
redbirds	12	8	387	3	red_birds
yardbirds	16	4	216	3	yardbirds

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	6.200	23974.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	6.623	26980.4