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

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

18 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
lowboy	14	3	590	(None)
cowboy	16	3	706	1	cowboy
lowboys	15	3	421	1	lowboys
plowboy	17	4	318	1	plowboy
blowby	16	46	751	2	blowb_y
cowboys	17	3	525	2	cowboys
lobby	12	51	1392	2	lo_bby
lobo	6	72	2986	2	lo_bo_
lobos	7	59	2184	2	lo_bos
looby	10	81	1562	2	loob_y
lowborn	12	4	514	2	lowborn
lowbrow	15	4	327	2	lowbrow
lowery	12	41	1271	2	lowery
lowly	11	41	1333	2	low_ly
plowboys	18	4	236	2	plowboys
poboy	12	16	1222	2	po_boy
potboy	13	9	781	2	potboy
tomboy	13	5	821	2	tomboy

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.280	36206.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.656	67278.2