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

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

14 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
starflower	16	7	256	(None)
starflowers	17	7	237	1	starflowers
safflower	18	4	299	2	s_afflower
strawflower	20	12	151	2	strawflower
dayflower	19	4	254	3	_dayflower
foamflower	21	5	211	3	foamflower
mayflower	20	4	272	3	_mayflower
safflowers	19	4	280	3	s_afflowers
sallower	11	13	950	3	s_a_llower
shallower	15	5	567	3	sha_llower
startler	8	24	879	3	startl__er
strawflowers	21	12	144	3	strawflowers
sunflower	15	6	355	3	s_unflower
swallower	15	5	433	3	swa_llower

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.406	21948.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.828	26170.3