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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “patchboard” 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
patchboard	20	5	351	(None)
matchboard	20	5	327	1	matchboard
patchboards	21	5	315	1	patchboards
matchboards	21	5	289	2	matchboards
packboard	20	4	484	2	pa_ckboard
punchboard	20	6	224	2	punchboard
backboard	20	4	718	3	ba_ckboard
catchword	20	6	393	3	catchwo_rd
dashboard	16	4	380	3	da_shboard
packboards	21	4	444	3	pa_ckboards
paperboard	17	6	411	3	paperboard
pasteboard	15	5	350	3	pasteboard
patchwork	23	4	389	3	patchwo_rk
punchboards	21	6	209	3	punchboards
scratchboard	22	6	87	3	scratchboard
switchboard	22	5	194	3	switchboard
tackboard	18	4	472	3	ta_ckboard
washboard	18	4	452	3	wa_shboard
watchband	20	4	322	3	watchb_and
watchword	21	4	355	3	watchwo_rd

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	6.250	22496.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.672	26782.2