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

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

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
sparrow	12	3	426	(None)
sparrows	13	4	480	1	sparrows
arrow	8	34	1488	2	__arrow
barrow	11	45	1276	2	_barrow
farrow	12	30	997	2	_farrow
harrow	12	26	1077	2	_harrow
marrow	11	28	1260	2	_marrow
narrow	9	26	914	2	_narrow
parrot	8	3	2066	2	_parrot
sorrow	9	33	944	2	s_orrow
sparred	10	45	1286	2	sparred
sparry	11	51	1130	2	sparr_y
yarrow	12	28	793	2	_yarrow

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	107671	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.563	30219.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.003	44639.3