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

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

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
sparlike	14	3	767	(None)
spearlike	15	4	414	1	spearlike
starlike	12	3	881	1	starlike
bearlike	14	15	679	2	bearlike
oarlike	11	34	1119	2	_oarlike
parklike	13	3	749	2	_parklike
saclike	13	12	1012	2	s_aclike
sawlike	14	13	844	2	s_awlike
scablike	16	3	555	2	scablike
seallike	12	10	832	2	seallike
seamlike	14	12	718	2	seamlike
sharklike	15	4	393	2	sharklike
slablike	14	3	567	2	slablike
snaglike	13	3	528	2	snaglike
soaplike	14	3	690	2	soaplike
sparling	11	27	1453	2	sparling
stairlike	13	4	475	2	stairlike
sugarlike	14	4	324	2	sugarlike
swanlike	15	3	531	2	swanlike
warlike	14	24	1047	2	_warlike

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.046	44164.9