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

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

22 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
sprawler	13	3	465	(None)
scrawler	13	4	589	1	scrawler
sprawled	14	3	452	1	sprawled
sprawlers	14	3	390	1	sprawlers
sprawlier	14	4	329	1	sprawlier
brawler	12	43	1023	2	_brawler
crawler	12	35	1046	2	_crawler
drawler	11	33	859	2	_drawler
prawner	12	4	680	2	_prawner
prowler	12	33	1001	2	_prowler
scrawled	14	4	592	2	scrawled
scrawlers	14	3	475	2	scrawlers
scrawlier	14	4	390	2	scrawlier
spaller	9	27	1347	2	sp_aller
sparkler	14	31	798	2	sparkler
spawner	12	34	736	2	sp_awner
sprawl	11	18	806	2	sprawl__
sprawls	12	17	637	2	sprawl_s
sprawly	15	16	604	2	sprawl_y
sprayer	12	36	904	2	spra_yer
strawier	11	3	749	2	strawier
trawler	10	40	1190	2	_trawler

Search took 4 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	22	3.453	35059.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.859	46305.0