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

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

20 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
pandowdy	18	4	214	(None)
dowdy	13	61	1254	3	___dowdy
landlady	13	4	363	3	landlady
paddy	12	59	1359	3	pa_d__dy
pandied	11	39	1344	3	pandied_
pandoor	10	35	858	3	pando_or
pandoors	11	25	898	3	pandoors
pandora	10	3	954	3	pando_ra
pandoras	11	3	1005	3	pandoras
pandore	10	4	1185	3	pando_re
pandores	11	3	1245	3	pandores
pandour	10	40	821	3	pando_ur
pandours	11	31	799	3	pandours
pandowdies	17	5	262	3	pandowdies
pandy	11	50	2117	3	pan___dy
panoply	14	3	471	3	pan_oply
pansophy	18	9	213	3	pansophy
parody	12	4	1009	3	pa_ro_dy
randomly	14	4	379	3	randomly
windowy	17	4	464	3	window_y

Search took 8 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	20	7.250	20160.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	7.670	23297.4