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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scatterbrain” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

13 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
scatterbrain	16	6	131	(None)
scatterbrains	17	6	124	1	scatterbrains
scatterbrained	19	7	71	2	scatterbrained
featherbrain	20	12	234	3	featherbrain
scattergram	16	8	144	3	scattergra_m
scattergrams	17	8	116	3	scattergrams
featherbrains	21	13	224	4	featherbrains
rattlebrain	13	6	154	4	_rattlebrain
scatteration	14	5	292	4	scatteration
scatterer	11	18	629	4	scatterer___
scatterers	12	20	504	4	scatterer__s
scattergun	13	5	149	4	scatte__rgun
scattering	13	9	801	4	scatte__r_ing

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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	7.356	16964.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.765	23012.4