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

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

15 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
parasols	10	3	926	(None)
parasol	9	3	955	1	parasol_
caracols	12	3	1041	2	caracols
girasols	9	8	427	2	girasols
parabola	12	4	665	2	parabola
parabolas	13	4	700	2	parabolas
paradors	11	34	1190	2	paradors
parados	10	38	1605	2	parado_s
parafoils	14	4	550	2	parafoils
paragons	11	3	1150	2	paragons
paramos	11	32	1351	2	paramo_s
parasails	11	4	758	2	parasails
parasoled	12	4	635	2	parasoled
parols	8	47	2261	2	par__ols
parsons	9	35	1687	2	par_sons

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.563	33976.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.999	44683.9