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

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

21 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
oolith	9	38	1324	(None)
eolith	9	30	1390	1	eolith
oolite	6	33	1960	1	oolite
ooliths	10	26	832	1	ooliths
otolith	10	10	828	1	otolith
coolish	12	3	1252	2	coolish
coolth	11	3	951	2	cool_th
eoliths	10	31	857	2	eoliths
foolish	13	3	961	2	foolish
goliath	11	4	593	2	goliath
iolite	6	32	2198	2	iolite
monolith	13	4	967	2	monolith
neolith	10	6	878	2	neolith
oolites	7	28	1784	2	oolites
oolitic	9	25	1288	2	oolitic
otoliths	11	10	451	2	otoliths
owlish	12	3	869	2	owlish
polish	11	49	1672	2	polish
polite	8	36	2507	2	polite
polity	11	30	1586	2	polity
urolith	10	4	878	2	urolith

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	82551	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.953	27955.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.092	57791.4