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

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

25 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
woolens	10	39	884	(None)
woolen	9	31	1137	1	woolen_
woolers	10	42	1402	1	woolers
woollens	11	4	409	1	woollens
coolers	9	35	2249	2	coolers
doolees	8	37	1161	2	doolees
loosens	7	163	1095	2	loosens
mooleys	12	3	686	2	mooleys
pollens	9	37	1330	2	pollens
poolers	9	42	1742	2	poolers
toolers	7	44	1650	2	toolers
wholes	12	46	1677	2	whole_s
wooden	10	36	1030	2	wooden_
woodhens	15	3	410	2	woodhens
woodless	12	27	845	2	woodless
wooers	9	37	1244	2	woo_ers
woofers	13	38	1058	2	woofers
wooled	10	37	1550	2	woole_d
wooler	9	36	1587	2	woole_r
woolies	10	41	1736	2	woolies
woollen	10	3	472	2	woollen_
woolmen	12	3	497	2	woolmen_
wools	8	44	2146	2	wool__s
worsens	10	46	1026	2	worsens
wovens	12	44	983	2	w_ovens

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.390	31761.4
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.782	47247.8