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

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

18 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
straddles	11	21	640	(None)
spraddles	13	19	428	1	spraddles
staddles	10	25	869	1	st_addles
straddle	10	18	622	1	straddle_
straddled	12	20	502	1	straddled
straddler	11	20	511	1	straddler
straddlers	12	20	382	1	straddlers
astraddle	11	4	287	2	astraddle_
raddles	9	36	1570	2	__raddles
saddles	9	54	1574	2	s__addles
spraddle	12	19	416	2	spraddle_
spraddled	14	20	345	2	spraddled
staddle	9	28	809	2	st_addle_
straggles	11	32	850	2	straggles
strangles	10	30	1155	2	strangles
swaddles	13	29	645	2	s_waddles
treddles	10	3	626	2	_treddles
twaddles	13	31	572	2	_twaddles

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.436	35342.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.592	49746.9