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

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

17 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
stoolies	8	3	1108	(None)
stoolie	7	3	972	1	stoolie_
coolies	9	38	2496	2	_coolies
dhoolies	12	4	696	2	dhoolies
doolies	8	39	2071	2	_doolies
shooflies	15	4	414	2	shooflies
spoonies	10	19	1175	2	spoonies
steelies	8	3	1255	2	steelies
stogies	8	4	1369	2	st_ogies
stoles	6	39	2767	2	st_ol_es
stooges	8	36	1148	2	stoo_ges
stooled	8	43	1389	2	stool_ed
stooling	9	31	1313	2	stooling
stools	6	51	1702	2	stool__s
stories	7	3	2427	2	st_ories
toonies	7	37	1988	2	_toonies
woolies	10	41	1736	2	_woolies

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	17	3.233	37444.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.623	49321.3