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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “overtook” 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
overtook	15	10	605	(None)
overbook	17	9	632	1	overbook
overcook	17	8	615	1	overcook
overlook	15	9	642	1	overlook
overbooks	18	5	587	2	overbooks
overcooks	18	7	576	2	overcooks
overcool	13	7	678	2	overcool
overlooks	16	8	548	2	overlooks
oversoak	15	3	699	2	oversoak
oversoon	11	3	830	2	oversoon
overstock	18	4	450	2	overstock
overtalk	15	3	707	2	overtalk
overtask	15	3	577	2	overtask
overtoil	11	3	745	2	overtoil
overtone	11	10	1257	2	overtone
overtop	12	3	772	2	overt_op
overtops	13	3	851	2	overtops
overwork	18	11	823	2	overwork

Search took 5 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	121059	0.500	357382.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.890	31120.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.390	40704.1