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

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

11 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
pochard	15	3	736	(None)
pochards	16	4	685	1	pochards
chard	11	61	2474	2	__chard
clochard	16	4	429	2	clochard
echard	12	4	922	2	_echard
orchard	13	4	693	2	orchard
pilchard	16	4	455	2	pilchard
pollard	10	35	1114	2	pollard
poniard	10	3	758	2	poniard
potshard	14	4	453	2	potshard
poulard	10	29	973	2	poulard

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	11	2.983	36094.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.359	53197.7