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

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

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
sparkplug	18	8	120	(None)
sparkplugs	19	11	106	1	sparkplugs
earplug	10	4	285	3	_ear_plug
sparkily	17	3	502	3	sparkil_y
sparking	15	28	1254	3	spark_ing
sparkle	13	37	1021	3	spark_l_e
sparkled	15	31	773	3	spark_led
sparkler	14	31	798	3	spark_ler
sparkles	14	32	1049	3	spark_les
sparklet	14	31	1059	3	spark_let
sparkling	16	22	635	3	sparkling
sparkly	16	34	813	3	spark_l_y
sparkplugged	23	6	45	3	sparkplugged

Search took 7 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	6.360	23371.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.766	26410.1