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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sons” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

32 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
sons	4	60	4955	(None)
cons	6	60	5769	1	cons
dons	5	60	4870	1	dons
eons	4	66	3871	1	eons
fons	7	69	4389	1	fons
hons	7	73	5078	1	hons
ions	4	67	3785	1	ions
mons	6	81	5225	1	mons
ons	3	61	4851	1	_ons
pons	6	58	5060	1	pons
sans	4	51	5335	1	sans
sins	4	67	5527	1	sins
sobs	6	49	4175	1	sobs
sods	5	49	4021	1	sods
sols	4	54	4816	1	sols
soms	6	62	3937	1	soms
son	3	77	6195	1	son_
sone	4	66	4998	1	sone
sones	5	54	4414	1	sones
song	5	51	3367	1	song
songs	6	77	2555	1	songs
sonsy	8	64	1637	1	sonsy
sops	6	52	4456	1	sops
sorns	5	50	2842	1	sorns
sos	3	77	6160	1	so_s
sots	4	55	5244	1	sots
sous	4	69	4721	1	sous
sows	7	53	4249	1	sows
soys	7	52	3393	1	soys
suns	4	58	4190	1	suns
tons	4	65	5305	1	tons
wons	7	49	4204	1	wons

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	32	0.703	19890.5
3	Display Results	32	32	0.016	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	32	0.812	220062.8