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

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

17 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
raindrops	12	4	281	(None)
raindrop	11	4	278	1	raindrop_
airdrops	11	4	434	2	_airdrops
airdrop	10	4	442	3	_airdrop_
andros	7	3	1330	3	_a_ndro_s
backdrops	20	14	440	3	backdrops
diandrous	11	4	458	3	diandrous
eardrops	11	6	530	3	ea_rdrops
maintops	12	4	440	3	main_tops
paradrops	14	4	496	3	paradrops
pinedrops	14	4	335	3	_pinedrops
rainbows	13	4	324	3	rain_bows
rainproof	14	5	304	3	rainproof
rainproofs	15	5	242	3	rainproofs
randoms	10	21	1243	3	ra_nd_oms
sundrops	11	4	582	3	_sundrops
windrows	15	4	616	3	_windrows

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.016	21186.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.452	23978.9