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

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

8 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
paddlefish	20	5	148	(None)
candlefish	19	5	267	2	candlefish
paddlefishes	22	5	134	2	paddlefishes
needlefish	17	5	118	3	needlefish
paddlers	12	32	915	3	paddle_rs_
paddles	11	35	1564	3	paddle__s_
sablefish	17	4	290	3	sa_blefish
spadefish	18	4	295	3	spa_d_efish

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	8	5.673	24784.6
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	6.093	29327.3