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

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

21 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
roundworm	15	4	311	(None)
roundworms	16	5	260	1	roundworms
groundwork	19	5	219	2	groundwork
roundwood	14	4	326	2	roundwood
woundwort	16	4	373	2	woundwort
blindworm	17	4	242	3	blindworm
budworm	15	4	527	3	_bu_dworm
groundwood	16	5	205	3	groundwood
groundworks	20	5	209	3	groundworks
hornworm	16	4	525	3	horn_worm
jointworm	21	5	180	3	jointworm
lungworm	14	4	385	3	_lungworm
ringworm	14	4	467	3	r_ingworm
roadwork	16	4	547	3	ro_adwork
rootworm	13	4	481	3	ro_otworm
rounder	8	35	1460	3	round_er_
rounders	9	26	1369	3	round_ers
roundwoods	15	5	289	3	roundwoods
sandworm	14	4	634	3	_sandworm
woodworm	17	4	528	3	wo_odworm
woundworts	17	5	242	3	woundworts

Search took 9 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	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	8.200	18127.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.656	20643.6