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

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

20 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
scribble	14	17	543	(None)
scrabble	14	19	699	1	scrabble
scribbled	16	17	403	1	scribbled
scribbler	15	16	422	1	scribbler
scribbles	15	18	495	1	scribbles
scribbly	17	14	362	1	scribbly
ascribable	16	4	348	2	ascribable
cribbled	15	30	580	2	_cribbled
dribble	12	36	860	2	_dribble
fribble	14	28	778	2	_fribble
gribble	12	29	727	2	_gribble
scabble	13	16	865	2	sc_abble
scrabbled	16	15	497	2	scrabbled
scrabbler	15	19	520	2	scrabbler
scrabbles	15	20	628	2	scrabbles
scrabbly	17	16	462	2	scrabbly
scramble	14	17	725	2	scramble
scribal	11	3	796	2	scribal_
scribblers	16	18	310	2	scribblers
scribe	10	46	1353	2	scri_b_e

Search took 5 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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	4.000	30264.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.140	43162.1