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

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

14 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
schlubs	14	4	319	(None)
schlub	13	5	500	1	schlub_
shlubs	11	38	673	1	s_hlubs
chubs	12	54	1262	2	_ch_ubs
clubs	9	54	1510	2	_c_lubs
schleps	14	4	548	2	schleps
schlump	16	4	326	2	schlump
schlumps	17	4	274	2	schlumps
schuls	11	29	985	2	sch_uls
schuss	11	18	673	2	sch_uss
scrubs	10	42	1031	2	sc_rubs
shlub	10	54	1174	2	s_hlub_
shrubs	11	40	921	2	s_hrubs
slubs	7	47	1953	2	s__lubs

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	2.796	38508.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.156	56619.5