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

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

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
warlock	16	3	629	(None)
earlock	13	3	692	1	earlock
oarlock	13	3	612	1	oarlock
warlocks	17	3	536	1	warlocks
armlock	15	4	431	2	_armlock
charlock	19	4	439	2	charlock
daglock	15	4	426	2	daglock
earlocks	14	3	569	2	earlocks
hairlock	17	5	402	2	hairlock
oarlocks	14	4	510	2	oarlocks
padlock	16	6	581	2	padlock
warlord	11	3	629	2	warlord
warwork	17	5	758	2	warwork
wedlock	17	4	455	2	wedlock

Search took 8 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	0.813	219792.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	5.970	18035.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.783	26343.9