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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “powers” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

18 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
powers	11	38	2232	(None)
bowers	11	55	2370	1	bowers
cowers	11	46	2553	1	cowers
dowers	10	45	2329	1	dowers
lowers	9	46	2492	1	lowers
mowers	11	32	1940	1	mowers
pawers	11	48	1878	1	pawers
plowers	12	38	1224	1	plowers
pokers	12	46	1792	1	pokers
polers	8	42	2564	1	polers
posers	8	42	2397	1	posers
powders	13	41	1155	1	powders
power	10	53	2595	1	power_
powters	12	40	1566	1	powters
rowers	9	49	2457	1	rowers
sowers	9	49	2344	1	sowers
towers	9	44	2367	1	towers
vowers	12	43	1718	1	vowers

Search took 2 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	48755	0.300	595636.7
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	18	0.860	56691.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	1.160	154044.0