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

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

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
parroting	12	3	915	(None)
garroting	11	3	695	1	garroting
arrowing	12	3	794	2	_arrowing
carroming	14	3	768	2	carroming
carrotin	10	22	1089	2	carrotin_
carrotins	11	23	996	2	carrotins
farrowing	16	4	587	2	farrowing
garoting	10	5	1070	2	ga_roting
garrotting	12	5	419	2	garrotting
harrowing	16	4	643	2	harrowing
marrowing	15	4	666	2	marrowing
narrating	10	3	1035	2	narrating
narrowing	13	4	560	2	narrowing
pardoning	13	3	876	2	pardoning
parenting	12	6	1158	2	parenting
pargeting	13	3	828	2	pargeting
paroling	11	33	1621	2	pa_roling
parring	10	32	2206	2	parr__ing
parrying	14	16	813	2	parr_ying
parting	10	35	2738	2	pa_r_ting

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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	20	3.376	35970.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.779	47285.3